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THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA,

INCLUDING

CEYLON AND BUEMA

Published under the authority of the Secretary of
State for India in Council.

edited by lt.-col. c. t. bingham.

EHYNCHOTA. -Vol. IV.

HOMOPTERA and APPENDIX (PU

BY

W. L. DISTANT.

LONDON:
TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET 8TREET.

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1908,

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PREFACE.

This the fourth volume of the Rhynchota in the ' Fauna
of British India' series deals with the Membracidae, Cer-
copidse, and Jassidse^ the last a most obscure family of
Homoptera, and the Appendix (which has been commenced)
includes such species of the Pentatoraidse_, Coreidse, and
Berytidse as have been added to the Indian Fauna since
the publication in 1902 of Vol, I. of the Rhynchota.

The arrangement and classification of the Indian Jassidse
has been a most arduous task, as so little pioneer work had
been done heretofore in this obscure group. It is hoped,
however, that the arrangement adopted, though it may here-
after be subjected to revision, will fulfil the primary object
to which all the volumes of the ' Fauna of British India '
series are directed, viz. that of enabling students of Natural
History in India to recognize and identify the forms of
animal life they meet with in the course of their collecting.

C. T. BINGHAM.

London,
July 1908.

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

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Order RIIYNCHOTA 1

Suborder Homoptera 1

Fam. 3. Membhacid^ 1

Subfam. 1. Memhracince

Div. 1. Oxyrhachisaria . . 3

1 . Oxyrhacbis, Germ 3

1. tarandus, Fabr 4

2. subjecta, Walk 5

3. rudis, Walk 5

4. palus, Buckt 6

5. uncatus, Melich 6

0. crinitus, Buckt 7

2. Oxyrhacbidia, Melich. . . 8

1. inermis, Stal 8

3. Xipbistes, Stal 8 '

1. imicolor, Walk 9 1

Subfam. 2. Centrotince

Page

9

Div. 1. Ilypsaucbeniaria. 10

1. llypsaucbenia, ^enn 10

l.hardwickijr. XeV%.. 10

2. subfusca, Buckt 11

3. unciuata, Stal 12

4. gibbosa, Dist. ...... 12

2. Hybanda, Di.st 13

1.' anodonta, Buckt 13

3. Maguva, Melich 14

1. horrida, Melich 14

Div. 2. Micreunaria 14

1. Leptobelus, Stdl 15

1. dama, Germ 15

2. gazella, Fairm IG

2. Maarbarus, Dist 16

1. bubalus, Kirby 17

2. cinctus, Buckt 17

3. Teliugana, Z>^s^ 17

1. curvispina, Stdl 18

2. paria, Fairm 18

3. canescens, Buckt 19

4. capistrata, Dist 19

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

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•'i. decipiens, Kirby 20

B. flavipes, Kirby' 20

7. imitator, Kirby 21

8. pallipes, Stdl 22

4. Parapogon, Dist 22

1. kandyiaua, Dist 22

0. Batlioutha, Bist 23

1. indicans, Walk 23

Div. 3. Acanthopliyesaria 24

1. Dograna, Dist 24

1. suffulta, Dist 24

2. Indicopleustes, Dist 25

1. albomaculatus, Dist. . . 25

2. curvatus, Melich 26

3. Acanthophyes, iS^a/ 26

1. capra, Fabr 26

Div. 4. Leptocentraria . . 27

1. Leptocentrus, Stdl 28

1. taurus, Fabr '2^

2. substitutus, Walk 29

3. reponens, Walk 30

4. leucaspis, Walk 30

5. luephistoplieles, Biickt. 31

6. loiigispinus, Dist 31

7. ustus, BucU 32

8. iusignis, Dist 32

2. Nilautaina, Dist , . . . 32

1. typica, Dist 32

3. Centrotypus, Stdl ...... 33

1. flexuosus, Fabr 33

2. assameusis, Fairm. . . 34

3. securis, Btickt 34

4. ortus, Dist 35

5. fiavescens, Dist 35

6. asmodeus, Dist 36

7. ater, Buckt 36

4. Emphusis, Buckt 36

1. malleus, Walk 37

5. Periaman, Dist 37

1. flavolineatus, Buckt. . . 38

2. pyi'opinus, Dist 38

6. Otinotus, Buckt 39

1. ammon, Buckt 39

2. pallipes, Dist 40

3. rufescens, Dist 40

4. oneratus, Walk 40

5. pallescens, Dist 41

6. elongatus, Dist 41

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Pogoii, Buckt 42

1. incurvatiim, Buckt. . . 42

2. atricoxis, Kirby 43

3. cupreum, Kirby 43

4. am-iculatiim, Stal .... 44

5. ferrugineum, Melich. . . 44

Div. 5. Centrotusaria .... 45

1. Centrotus, Fabr 46

1. indicatus, Melich 46

2. graniilatus, Kirby .... 46

3. bioculatus, Kirby .... 47

4. ramosus, Dist 47

5. aiigustulus, Melich. . . 48

6. transversus, Dist 48

2. Anchon, Buckt 49

1. pilosum. Walk 49

2. idniforme, Buckt 50

3. echinatum, Dist 51

4. rectangulatum, Kirby . 51

5. dirce, Btickt 52

6. brevis, Dist 52

3. Tricentrus, Stdl 53

1. gibbosulus. Walk 53

2. congestus, Walk 54

3. projectus, Dist 55

4. bicolor, Dist 55

5. subangulatus, Dist. . . 55

6. albomaculatus, Dist. . . 56

7. cuneatus, Dist 56

8. selemis, Buckt 57

9. assameusis, Dist 57

10. decoratus, Dist 58

11. fairmairei, Stdl 58

Div. 6. Gargararia 59

1. Ebbul, Dist 59

1. vaiius. Walk 59

2. Gargara, Amy. S,- Serv. . . 60

1. piceola, Melich 60

2. robusta, Dist 61

3. affinis, Dist 61

4. majuscula, Dist 61

5. apicata, Melich 62

6. tumida, Melich 62

7. ferrugata, Melich 62

8. citrea, Dist 63

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

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9. sericea, Dist 63

10. trinotata, Dist 63

11. myitlas, Dist 64

12. sikhimensis, Dist 64

13. rivulata, Dist 64

14. mixta, Buckt 65

1-5. ilavolineata. Dist 65

16. delimitata, Dist 66

17. alboapicata, Dist 66

I'ogontypus, Dist 67

1. complicatus, Melich. . . 67

2. horvathi, Dist 67

Machaerotypus, Uhler. ... 68

1. incultus, Melich 68

2. discretus, Melich 69

Demanga, Dist 69

1. sooknana, Dist 69

Div. 7. Coccosterpliusaria 70

1. Coccosterphus, Stal .... 70

1. mimitus, Fabr 71

2. decoloratus; Dist 71

3. tuberculatus, Motsch. . . 72

4. obscurus, Dist 73

5. mucronicoUis, Motsch.. 73

2. Yasa, Dist 74

1 . greeni, Dist 74

3. Kanada, Dist 74

1 . irvinei, Dist 75

4. Hemiptyclia crux, Li?m. . . 75

5. Scaplnila semiatra, Fairm. 76

Dartlmla, Kirk 77

1. hardwicki, Gray 78

Fam. 4. CKU00PiD.a5 79

Subfam. 1. Macharotina'. .... 79

1. Machserota, Burm 80

1. ensifera, Burm 80

2. guttigera, Westw 81

3. spangbergi, Sign 82

4. punctulata, Sign 83

5. andamaneiisis, Dist. . . 83

6. flavolineata, Dist 83

7. ])laniti8e, Dist 84

2. Machseropsi.s, Melich 84

1. valida, Melich 84

Subfani. 2. Aphrojjhorivn' . . 85

1. Poophiliis, St(°l 86

1. costalis, Walk 86

2. Ptyelus, St. Fmy. S^-

Serv * 87

1. nebulosus, Fahr 88

2. afRiiis, Dist 88

3. prtefractus, Dist 89

4. hirsutus, Kirhy 89

6. sulcatus, Dist 90

6. majusculiis, Dist 90

7. inconspicuu.*, Dist. . . 90

8. sexvittatus, Walk. . . 91

9. subfasciatus, Walk. . 91

10. declaratus, Melich. . . 92

11. pallidus, Melich. . 92

3. Clovia, Stai 93

1. conifer, Walk 93

2. puncta, Walk 94

3. bipunctata, Kir by .... 94

4. lineaticollis, Motsch. . . 95

5. margheritas, Dist 95

6. signata, Dist 96

7. andamanensis, Dist. . . 96

8. roepstorffi, Dist 97

9. humeralis, Kirby .... 97

4. Lepyronia, Amy. '^^ Serv. 97
1. picta, Melich 98

5. Thoodzata, Dist 98

1. pvinceps, Dist 99

6. Apiirophora, Germ 99

1. bisigiiata, Dist 100

2. burmanica, Dist 100

3. brachycepbala, Dist. . . 101

4. bimaculata, Dist, . . . 101

5. nancyae, Dist ] 01

6. moorei, Dist 102

7. cognata, Dist 102

8. sigillifeia, Walk 103

9. deserta, Melich 103

7. Jenibrana, Dist 104

1. buprestioides, Dist. . . 104

2. montana, Dist 105

3. ornata, Dist 105

8. Souuama, Dist 105

1. imprimis, Dist 106

9. Mandesa, Dist 106

1. amplificata, Dist 106

10. Daha, Dist 107

1 . arietaria, Di.^t 107

11. PliiLigra, Stdl 107

1. fiisiformis, Wall- 108

2. dissimilis, Dist 109

SYSTEMATIC INDEX,

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Subfam. 3. Cercopince 109

1. Rhinastiia, Kirby HO

1. bicolor, Kirbij 11 1

2. Callitettix, Sm Ill

1. braconoides, Walk. . . Ill

2. contigua, Walk 112

3. pi-oxima, Walk 112

4. versicolor, Fabr 113

3. Abidama, Dist 114

1. producta, Walk 114

2. rufula Dist 114

4. Caloscarta, Bredd llo

1. capitata, Stdl 115

5. Eoscarta, Bredd 115

1. semirosea, Walk. ... 116

2. borealis, JDist 116

3. nilgiriensis, Dist 117

4. apicata, Dist 117

5. atricapilla, Dist 117

6. illuniinata, Dist 117

C. Phymatostetha, Stil .... 118

1. circumducta, Walk. . . 118

2. stali, Butl. 119

3. hilaris, Walk 119

4. rengma, Dist 120

5. na.ngln,Dist 120

6. pudica, Walk 121

7. signifera, Walk 121

8. dubitabilis, Walk 122

9. stellata, Guer 123

10. sema, Dist 123

11. dorsivitta, Walk 124

12. triseriata, Butl 125

13. binotata, Dist 125

14. karenia, Dist 120

15. pudens, Walk 126

16. basiclava, Walk 127

17. lydia, Stal 127

18. descbampsi, Leth. . . . 128
7. Cosmoscarta, Stal 128

1. beroina, Dist 129

2. montana, Dist 130

3. nagasana, Dist 130

4. decisa, Walk 130

5. trigona, Walk 131

6. metaUica, Dist 131

7. macgillivrayi, Dist. . . 132

8. pictilis, Stdl 133

9. minor, Atkins 133

10. sbillongana, Dist 133

11. margberitfe, -D/s^ 134

12. castanea, Dist 134

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13. ducens, Walk 135

14. egens, Walk 135

15. elengantula, Butl 136

16. dimidiata, Dall 136

17. zonaria, Dist 137

18. tboracica, Dist 138

19. taprobanensis, Atkins. . 138

20. incoaspicua, Butl 139

21. andamana, Dist 139

22. inclusa, Walk 140

23. greeni, Atkins 140

24. samudra, Dist 141

25. nycteis, Jacobi 141

26. nigTofasciata, ^^Z;»is. . . 141

27. pallida, Walk 142

28. naiteara, Dist 142

29. relata, Dist 143

30. raja, Dist 143

31. rotundata, Walk 144

32. putamara, Dist 144

33. tenuanti, Dist 145

34. flora, Dist 146

35. dorsalis, Walk 146

36. bispecularis, White . . 147

37. dorsimacula, Walk. . . 147

38. fictilis, Butl 148

39. septempuuctata, Walk. 148

40. menaca, Dist 149

41. trimacula, Walk 149

42. tnco\o\;St.Farg.St-Serv. 150

43. basiuotata, Butl 151

44. siamensis, Butl 151

45. prouotalis, Dist 151

46. fulviceps, Dall 152

47. moorei, Dist 152

48. fuscipennis, St. Farq. S^-

Serv "... 153

49. leoniua, Dist 153

50. aiRnis, Atkins 154

51. luneralis, Butl 154

52. nigra, Atkins 155

53. hyalinipennis, Dist. . . 155

54. viridans, Guer 155

i)5. masoni, Dist 1 56

Fani. 5. Jassidve 157

Subfam. 1. Ledrince 158

1. T\Um&,Stal 159

1. planata, Fabr 160

SYSTEiUATlC INDEX.

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2. acutangulata, Dist. . . Kil

3. assamensis, Dist Kil

4. cuneata, Dist 162

2. Petalocephala, Sm 162

1. subaquila, Dist 163

2. hearsay!, Dist 163

3. cultellifera, Walk. . . 164

4. conica, Walk 164

5. confusa, Dist 164

6. glauca, Melich 165

7. imiformis, Dist 16o

8. umbrosa, Dist 165

9. chlorocepbala, Walk. . . 166

10. latifroiis, Walk 166

11. bornei, JDist 166

12. bicolor, Dist 167

13. insignis, Dist 167

14. perductMlis, liirlji/ .... 168

15. nigriliiiea, Walk 168

16. tabalata, Z)?5^ 169

17. bracbycepbala. Dist. , . 170

18. remota, Melich 170

^9. walken, Melich 170

3. Ledra, Fabr 171

1. seiTulata, Fabr 171

2. intermedia, Dist 172

3. dorsalis, Walk 172

4. sublata, Dist 173

5. mutica, Fabr 173

6. dilatata, Walk 174

7. cingralensis, Dist 175

PaKi!

0. atkinsoiji, Lcth 18(5

4. cljpealis, Lcth 187

5. scutellatus, Dist 187

6. unimaculatus, Melich. . 188

7. subopacus, Motsch. . . 188

8. astutus, Melich 189

2. Balocba, Dist 189

1. ivicoloi; Dist 189

3. Bytboscopus, Germ 190

1. cbloropbana, Me/ic/t. . . 191

2. piceatus, Dist 191

3. pulvereus, Dist 192

4. rubrofrontalis, Dist. . . 192

4. Cbunra, Dist 193

1. puncticosta, Walk 193

5. Agallia, Curtis 194

1. plotina, Dist 194

2. atvoveuosa, Melich. . . 195

3. biplagiata, Melich 196

4. qnndv'motKtu, Melich. . . 197

6. Moonia, Dist 197

1. sancita, Disi 198

7. Busonia, Dist 198

1. amentata, Dist 199

2. iiidica, Leth 199

Siibfam. 3. TettiyonielliiKe

200

8. rugosa, Walk

. 175

1 . Tettigoniella, Jacobi . .

. 201

9. puiictulata, Melich.

. 175

1. ferruginea, Fabr. . . .

. 202

4.

Chatura, Dist

. 176

2. iudistincta, Walk. . . .

. 203

1. nigella, Dist

. 176

3. leopardina, Dist. . . .

. 204

5.

Ezrana, Dist

. 177

4. illustris, Dist

. 204

1. pygmaea, Dist

. 177

5. kotagiriensis, Dist. .

. 206

6.

Confucius, Dist

. 178

6. nielicbaii, Dist.

. 205

1. ocellatus, Dist

. 178

7. affinis, Dist

. 206

2. bituberculatus, Dist. .

. 179

8. assamensis, Dist. . . .

. 207

7.

Ledropsis, White

1. obligeus, Walk

. 180

9. pytbonis, Dist

. 207

. 180

10. pavo, Si(/n

. 208

2. maculata, Dist

. 181

11. semicircularis, Si(/n. .

. 209

3. producta, Melich. . . .

. 181

] 2. Cornelia, Dist

. 209

8.

Eleazara, Dist

. 182

13. infecta, Dist

. 210

1. aedificatura, Dist. . . .

. 182

14. belena, Dist

15. spectra, Dist

16. subvirescens, Stdl . . .

17. amaltbea, Dist

. 210
. 211
. 212
. 212

. 183

18. bellona, Dist

. 212

19. iocasta, Dist

. 213

1.

Jdiocerus, Leivis

. 184

20. rubromaculata, Si(/7i. .

. 213

1. niveosparsus, Leth. .

. 185

21. dunsiriensis, Dist. . . .

. 214

2. fasciolatus, Dist. . . .

. 186

22. pupula, A7;%

. 214

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SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

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■23. mai'pessa, Dist 215

24. quadrilineata, *>yn. . . 215

25. intlammata, ifist 215

26. sulphiirata, iJist 21 6

27. iudiga, Dist 217

28. sandaracata, Dist 217

29. sikhiuiensis, Dist 217

30. habilis, Dist 218

31. inutata, Melich 218

32. alcmena, Dist 219

33. ceylonica, Melich 219

34. fuscovenosa, Melich. . . 220

35. exig-ua, Melich 220

36. gagatina, Melich 221

37. festiva, Melich 221

Bhandara, Dist 221

1. seiuiclara, Siffn 222

KoUa, Dist 223

1. insignis, Dist 223

2. uiiimaculata, Sij/ti 224

3. vesta, Dist 224

4. lineata, Dist 224

5. liiimica, Dist 225

6. mungplmensis, Dist. . . 225

7. opponeus, Walk 225

8. canidia, Dist 226

9. gregalis, Dist 226

Euacanthus, Burni 227

1. extremus, Walk 227

2. repexus, Dist 228

Bandera, Z>/a'^ 228

1. venata, i>/s^ 228

Mainda, Dist 229

1. prajculta, Dist 230

Pisacha, Dist 230

1. primitiva, Dist. 231

2. pallescens, Dist 231

Signoretia, Stdl 232

1. malaya, *S'^a^ 232

2. aureola, Dist 232

3. greeni, Dist 233

Preta, Dist 234

1. gratiosa, Melich 234

Atkinsoniella, Dist 235

1. decisa, Dist 236

2. maculata, Dist 236

Soibanga, Dist 236

l.bella, Walk 237

Mileewa, Dist 238

1. margheritae, Dist 238

V]ivA,Dist 239

1. delicatula, Dist 2.39

2. consors, Dist 240

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Subfam. 4. Gyponin(e 240

Div. 1. Penthimiaria 240

1 . Penthimia, Genn. 241

1. melanocepbala,i^fo^s6'A. 241

2. compacta. Walk 242

3. castanea, Walk 243

4. subniger, Dist 243

5. scapularis, Dist 244

6. maculosa, Dist 244

7. juno, Dist 245

8. erebus, Dist 245

2. Neodartus, Melich 246

1. acocephaloides, Melich. 246

2. scutellatus, Dist 246

3. rufopunctatus, Motsch, 247

3. Tambila, Dist 247

1. greeni, Dist 247

4. Haranga, Dist 248

1. orientals, Walk 249

2. scutellaris, Dist 249

3. decurtata, Dist 250

5. Balala, Dist 250

1. fulviventris, Walk. . . 251

Div. 2. Hylicaria 252

1. Hylica, StSl : .... 252

1. paradoxa, Stdl 253

2. Kalasba, Dist. . . : ..... 254

1. nativa, Dist 254

3. Assiringia, Dist 255

1. exhibita, Dist 255

4. Bbooria, Dist 256

1 . modulata, Dist 256

5. Sudra, Dist 257

1. notanda, Dist 257

6. Hatigoria, Dist 258

1. praeiens, Dist 258

7. Namsangia, Dist 259

1. garialis, Dist 259

8. Vangama, Dist 260

1. steneosaura, Dist 260

9. Traiguma, Dist 261

1. nasLita, Dist 261

10. Gurawa, Dist 262

1. vexillum, Dist 263

11. Pythamus, Melich 263

1. dealbatus, Melich 263

12. GypouaFkangrensis,^M-A;. 264

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

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Subfam. 6. Jassince 26-")

1. TJzelina, Melich 260

1. laticeps, Melich 267

2. Ohudania, Dist 268

1. delecta, Dist 268

I>iv. 1. Mukariaria 269

1. Mukaria, Dist 269

1. penthimioides, Dist. . . 270

2. splendida, Dist 270

2. Buloria, Dist 271

1. gyponinoides, Dist . . 271

3. Mohunia, Dist 272

1. splendens, Dist 272

Div. 2. Hecalusaria 273

1. Hecalus, Stal. 273

1. sulcatus, Fieb 274

2. umballaensis, Dist. . . 274

3. lefroyi, Dist 275

4. paykulli, Stal 276

5. nervosus, Melich 277

2. Thomsoniella, Sign 277

1. porrecta, Walk 278

2. rubroliueata, Motsch. . 279

3. arcuata, Motsch 280

4. viridis, Dist 280

5. albomaculata, Dist. . . 280

3. Nirvana, Kirk 281

1. pseudommatos, Kirk. . 282

2. lineal is, Dist 282

3. greeni, Dist 283

4. longitudinalis, Dist. . . 283

0. suturalis, Melich 284

6. pallida, Melich 284

7. decora, Melich 285

4. Kana, Dist 285

1. tboracica, Dist 285

2. ramificata, Dist 286

3. ordiuata, Dist 287

4. illaborata, Dist 287

6. Balbillus, Dist 287

1. granulosus, Dist 288

6. Platyretus, Melich 289

1. marginatus, Melich. . . 289

Div. 3. Selenocephalaria . 290

1. Selenocephalus, Ger?n. . . 290

1. egregiu.s, Stal 291

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2. virescens, Dist 291

3. disparatus, Melich. . . 292

4. dolens, Melich 293

2. Paramesus, Fieb 293

1. lineaticollis, Dist 294

3. Megabyzus, Dist 294

1. signandus, Dist 295

4. Cenedffius, Dist 296

1. horvathi, Dist 296

5. Krisna, Kirk 297

1. strigicollis, Spin 297

2. striata, Kirby 298

3. sherwilli, Dist 299

6. Acropona, Melich 300

1. prasina, Walk 300

Div. 4. Tartessusaria .... 301

1. Gessius, Dist 301

1. verticalis, Dist 302

2. Tartessus, Stal 302

1. ferrugineus. Walk. . . 303

3. Drabescus, Stal 304

1. nervosopunctatus,5zV7n. 304

2. angulatus, Sign 305

3. conspicuus, Dist 306

4. stramineus, Dist 306

5. Ifetisigna, Walk 307

6. limbaticeps, Stal .... 307

4. Kutara, Dist 308

1. brunuescens, Dist. . . 308

5. Cestius, Dist 309

1. versicolor, Dist 310

6. CToniagnathus, Fieb 310

1. puuctifer. Walk 311

2. nervosus, Melich 312

3. uniformis, Dist 312

7. Mesargus, Melich 313

1. asperatus, Melich 313

Div. 5. Thagriaria 314

1. Thagria, Melich 315

1. fasciata, Melich 315

2. siguata, Dist 315

3. pedestris, Dist 316

2. Mukwana, Dist 317

1. introducta, Dist 317

3. Pugla, Dist. 318

1. sioillaria, Dist 319

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

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4. Soortana, Dist 319

1. simtdata, Dist 319

5. Varta, Dist 320

1. rubrofasciata, Dist. . . 321

Div. 6. Jassusaria 321

1. Dussana, Dist 322

1. quajrenda, Dist 322

2. Dharmma, Dist 323

1. projecta, Dist 324

3. Sabima, Dist 324

1. prima, Dist 325

2. stellifera, Dist 325

4. Guliga, Dist 326

1. erebus, Dist 326

5. Jassus, Fah}- 327

1. indicus, Walk 327

2. maldivensis, Dist 328

3. ele^ans, Dist 329

4. pectitus, Dist 329

5. tenasseiimensis, Dist. . 330

6. cretatiis, Dist 330

7. atkinsoni, Dist 331

8. silvestris, Dist 331

9. luridus, Melich 331

10. pauperculus, Spangb. . 332

11. nocturnus, JDist 332

12. pulchellus, ZiV6y .... 333

13. roratus, Dist 334

14. sulphureus, Dist 335

lo. rutatus, Dist 335

16. opulentus, Dist 336

17. percultus, Dist 337

18. karenensis, Dist 337

19. prsetextus, Dist 338

6. Arya, Dist 338

1. rubrolineata, Dist. . . 338

7. Kunasia, Dist 339

1. nivosa, Dist 339

8. Myittana, Dist 340

1. dobertvi, Dist 340

9. Placidus/DiV 341

1. boruei, Dist 342

Div. 7. Atbysanusaria .. 343

] . Athysanus, Bu7-m 343

1. fusconervosus, Motsch. 344

2. indicus, Dist 344

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3. atkinsoni, Dist 345

4. nanus, Dist 346

2. Pblepsius, Fieh 346

1. divaricatus, Melich. . . 346

2. plumbeus, Dist 347

3. Xestocepbalus, Va7i Diiz.. 348

1. guttatus, Motsch 349

2. apicalis, Melich 349

3. pagauurus, Melich. . . 350

4. pardalinus, Dist 350

Div. 8. Thamnotettixaria. 351

1. Monobazus, Dist 351

1. bimalayensis, Dist. . . 352

2. Bauus, Dist 353

] . oblatus, Dist 353

3. Tbamnotettix, Zett 354

1. brevissimus, Leth 354

2. gi-eeni, Melich 354

3. cicur, Melich 355

4. latruncularius, Motsch. 356

5. curtulus, Motsch 356

4. Bbatia, Dist 357

1 . olivacea, Melich 357

5. Nepbotettix, Matsum. . . 359

1. bipunctatus, Fabr. . . 359

2. apicalis, Motsch 360

6. Eutettix, Van Duzee 362

1. disciguttus, Walk. . . 362

2. apricus, Melich 3G3

3. pbycitis, Dist 363

4. smaragdinus, Di?t. . . 364

7. Divus, Dist 365

1. bipunctatus, Melich. . 365

Div. 9. Cicadulai'ia 366

1. Cicadula, Ze^^ 366

I. \SigiL, Melich 367

2. Balclutba, Kirk 368

1. punctata, Thunb 368

2. lineata, Melich 369

3. rubrostriata, Melich. . . 370

4. viridis, Matsum 370

6. intrusa, Melich 370

6. laevis, Melich 371

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Pag<>

Div. 10. Deltocepha-

lusaria 371

1. Scaphoideus, Uhler .... 371

1. festivus, Matsum. . . 372

2. ornatus, Melich 373

3. morosus, Melich 373

4. indicus, Dist 374

5. consanguineus, Dist. . 375

6. elegantulus, Melich. . 375

7. polymitus, Dist 376

8. russus, Dist. , 377

9. notatus, Dist 377

10. fletcberi, Dist 377

11. punctulatus, Melich. . . 378

2. Acouura, Leth 378

1. colombensis, Melich. . . 379

2. solitaris, Melich 379

3. Deltocephalus, Burm. . . 380

1. dorsalis, Motsch 380

2. pulvisculus, Dist 381

3. distinctus, Motsch. . . 382

4. Isetus, Melich 383

5. oneratus, Melich 383

6. montanus, Dist 384

7. erebus, Dist 385

8. thoracicus, Dist 385

9. rufolineatus, Melich. . 386

10. infirmus, Melich 386

11. porticus, Melich 386

12. bimaculatus, Melich. . 387

13. intermedins, Melich. . 388

14. brunnescens, Dist. . . 388

15. scriptus, Dist 389

16. transparipennis,

Motsch 389

17. variegatus, Motsch. . . 390

18. eloiigato-ocellatus,

Motsch 390

Div. 11. Chiasmusaria .. 390

1. Chiasmus, Muls. ^ Rey . 391
1. uzelii, Melich 391

2. Doratulina, Melich 392

1. jocusa, Melich 393

3. Kartwa, Dist 394

1. mustelina, Dist 394

Div. 12. Paralimnusaria . 395

2. albomaculatiis, Dist.

3. umbratus, Melich. .
2. Alitui'us, Dist

1. gardineri, Dist. . . .

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397
397
398

398

1. Paralimnus, ikfa^sM?«.

1. lateralis, Walk. . .

395
395

Subfam. 6. Typhlocybin(s . . 399

Div. 1. Empoascaria .... 399

1. Homa, Dist 400

1. insignis, Dist 400

2. Empoasca, Walsh .... 401

1. rufa, Melich 402

2. centromaculata, Me-

lich 402

3. citrina, Melich 403

4. niiniata, Melich 403

5. melichari, Dist 403

6. notata, Melich 404

7. flavescens, Fahr 405

8. petasata, Melich 406

3. Heliona, Melich 407

1. constnctdi, Melich. .. 407

2. bioculata, Melich. . . 408

Div. 2. Typhlocybaria . . 408

1. Typlilocyba, Oerm 409

1. orbata, Melich 409

2. erota, Dist 410

3. fumigata, Melich. . . 410

4. funeta, Melich 411

5. fumosa, Motsch 412

6. nigrobimaculata,

Motsch 412

7. sudra, Dist 412

8. jaina, Dist 413

9. subrufa (Zygiua -
Typhlocyba), Motsch. 413

10. maculifrons, Motsch. . 413

11. currax, Melich 414

12. bipunctula, Melich. . . 414

13. indra, Dist 415

14. tripimctula, Melich. . . 415

2. Eupteryx, Curt 416

1. picta, Melich 416

2. insecata, Melich 417

3. ocliracea, Motsch, . . 418

3. Motschulskia, Kirk 418

1. inspiratus, Motsch. . . 419

XIV

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

APPENDIX.

Page

Fain. Pentatomid^ ..... 420

Subfam. 1. Plataspidin(S . . 421

Tiarocoris, Voll 421

Coptoaoma, Lap 421

merguiensis, Dist 421

Oarrabas, Dist 421

maurus, Dist 422

Subfam. 2. Scutellerince 422

Chrysocoris, Halm ...... 422

iris, Germ 422

Arctocoris, Germ 423

indicus, Sellout 423

Subfam. 3. Graphosomatince . 424

Podops, Lap 424

longispina, Schoui 424

scobinfe, Dist 424

Burrus, Dist 425

spicatus, Dist 425

Subfam. 4, Cydnince 426

Cydnus, Fahr 426

mumba, Dist 426

tanna, Dist 427

Maci'oscytus, Fieb 427

electus, Dist 427

Geotomus, Muls 427

opacus, Dist 427

Chilocoris, Mayr 428

assmuthi, Bredd. 428

solenopsides, Bredd. . . 429

Statanus, DiSit. 430

membranaceus, Dist. . . 431

Subfam. 5. Pentatoviina . . 432

Armatillus, Dist 432

verrucosus, Dist 432

Dalpada, A my 433

annandalei, Dist 433

melania, Dist 434

Erthesina, Spin 434

robertsi, Dist 434

Paranevisauus, Dist 435

subgenericus, Dist 435

Sciocoris, Fallen 436

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Menedemus, Dist 436

vittatus, Dull 436

Hippo tiscus, Bei'gr 437

Oncinoproctus, Bredd. . . 437

griseolus, Bredd 438

^schrocoris, Bergr 439

fumosus, Di^t 439

Eusarcocoris, Halm .... 439

modestus, Dist 439

porrectus, Bredd 440

Carbula, Stdl 440

aspayia, Dist 440

Stachyomia, Stdl 441

thamada, Dist 441

Parastracbia, Dist 442

nagaensis, Dist 443

Placosternum, Amy 444

bos, Vist 444

Glaucias, Kirh 444

Menida, Motsch 444

pundaluoyse, Dist 444

wellawayfB, Dist 445

cingalensis, Dist 445

Subfam. 6. Asopince 446

Cazira, Amy 446

bhoutanica, Schout 446

breddini, Schout 446

Breddiniella, Schout 447

insignis, Schout 448

Canthecoiia, ^»H«/ 451

ornatula, Dist 451

humeralis, Dist 452

Picromerus, Amy 453

Andrallus, Bergr 453

Incitatus, Dist 453

primus, Dist 453

Pseudanasida, Schout. . . 454

fallax, Schout 455

Amyotea, Ellenr 456

Subfam. 7. Tessaratomince . . 456

Mesolea, Bredd 456

pedestris, Bredd 457

Aurungabada, Dist 458

siugularis, Dist 459

Empysurus, Martin .... 459

depressus, Martin .... 460

johni, Oshan 460

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Subfam. 9. rhyllocephalina: . 401:

Schizops, Spin.
nepalensis, Dist.

Subfam. 10. Urostylince .... 462

Urostylis, Westiv 462

instructivus, Reut 463

sinensis. Walk 463

Subfam. 1 1 . Acanthosomatime 464

Protophantasta, Bredd. . . 464

forticuloides, Dist 464

Sastragala, Amy 46-)

smarag'dina, Dist 465

Fam. CoREiD^ 466

Homoeocerus, Burm 466

relatus, Disf 466

fraternus, Dist 467

jav aniens, D(dl 467

badgleyi, Dist 468

Aschistus, Stal 468

nepalensis, Disf 468

sulcatus, Dist 469

Notobitiis, Stal 470

parvus, Dist 470

mundus, Dist 470

Cloresmus, Stal 471

similis, Dall 471

antennatus, Dist 471

Pago

Colpura, Bcn/r 472

terebrans, Bredd 472

Pendulinus, Thunb 473

rostratus, Dist 473

Div. Atractaria 474

Haidara, Dist 474

producta, Dist 474

admota, Dist 475

Cletomorpha, Mayr .... 476

Craspedum, Amy 476

burmanicum, Dist 476

Stachyolobus, Stal 477

cuspidatus, Dist 477

Acestra, Dall 478

sinica, Dull 479

nialayana, Dist 480

Dulichius, Stdl 480

thompsoni, Dist 480

Euthetus, Dall 481

singalensis. Dist 481

Babaranus, Dist 482

ornatulus, Disf 482

Tenosiiis, Stal 483

proletarius, Schatun .... 484

Akbaratus, Dist 485

fisheri, Dist 486

Fam. Berytid.^; 487

Metatropis, Fieb 487

aurita, Bredd 487

Capys, Stil 489

malacaipus, Stdl 490

SYSTEMATIC INDEX.

Page

Subfam. 9. Phylloeephalmoi . 46:3

Schizops, Spin 4G2

nep.alensis, Dist. ..... 402

Subfam. 10. Urostylimc .... 402

Urostylis, Westiv 462

instructivus, Reut 403

sinensis, Walk 463

Subfam. 1 1 . Acanthosoinatincc 404

Protophantasta, Biedd. . . 404

forticuloides, Dist 464

Sastragala, Amy 46.3

sniaragdina, Dist 405

Fam. CoREiD^

460

Ilomceocerus, Biirm 46(5

relatus, Dist 460

fraternus, Dint 467

jav aniens, Dull 467

badgleyi, Dist 408

Ascbistus, Stdl 468

nepaleusis, Dist 408

sulcatus, Dist 400

Notobitiis, Stal 470

parvus, Dist 470

mundus, Dist 470

Cloresmus, StS,l , 471

similis, Dall 471

antennatus, Dist 471

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Colpura, Beryr 472

terebrans, Brcdd 472

Pendulinus, Thunh 473

rostratus, Dist 473

Div. Atractaria 474

Haidara, Dist 474

producta, Dist 474

admota, Dist 475

Cletomorpba, Mayr .... 476

Craspedum, Amy 476

burmanicum, Dist 476

Stachyolobus, Stal 477

cuspidatus, Dist 477

A cestra, Dall 478

sinica, Dull 479

malayana, Dist 480

Dulicbius, Stal 480

tbompsoni, Dist 480

Eutbetus, Dall 481

singalensis. Dist 481

Babaranus, Dist 482

ornatuhis, Dist 482

Tenosius, Stdl 483

proletarius, Sclumm .... 484

Akbaratus, Dist 485

fisberi, Dist 480

Fam. Berytid.^ 487

Metatropis, Fieb 487

aurita, Bredd 487

Capys, Stdl 489

malacaipus, Stdl 490

Order RHYNCHOTA.

Suborder HOMOPTERA.
Family MEMBRACID^.

0- Membracides, Genn. May. Ent. \\, p. 7 (1821).
©• Membracina, liurm. Handb. Ent. ii, 2, p. 102 (1839).
HMLembracida?, Curth, Brit. Ent. xvi, den. p. 14 (1840).
Q Coruidorsi, uimy. ^- Sm: Hem. p. 532 (1843).
O Jassida, subiam! Membracida, Stdl, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 83 (1866).
O Membracida, Fieh. Rev. May. Zool. (3) iii, p. 332 (1875).

This familj- has already (vol. iii, p. 54) been diagnosed by its primary
characters : — ocelli placed between the eyes ; antenna? inserted in
front of and between eyes ; pronotum prolonged backwards into
a hood or process of variable form. The Membracidae constitute
one of the most distinct families in the Homoptera, and are
principally distinguished by the great development of the pronotum,
particularly its posterior process, the frequently bizarre structure
of which has occasioned much speculation, and produced some
observational facts relative to its advantage in mimetic and
protective resemblance to other insects and to its environment.

The family has been much worked and elucidated in recent
years. Fairmaire in 1S46 was the great pioneer ; Walker followed
a few years later, but his work is of unequal value ; Stal, in 186G
and 1869, with his usual penetration and unique taxonomical
insight gave some masterly generic tabulations which still constitute
the bedrock of all our classification. Butler, 1877 and 1878, gave
revised lists of the species of many genera nearly if not quite
wholly American in distribution ; in 1892 Goding gave a synopsis
of the subfamilies and genera found in North America ; while in
1894 Fowler commenced his enumeration and description of the
Membracidse of Central America.

Of the Old- World Membracidae, Stal gave a description of the
Philippine fauna in 1870 ; Groding monographed the Australian
members of the family in 1903, in which year Melichar described
all the species from Ceylon with which he was acquainted. It was
also in 1903 that Buckton produced his ' Monograph of the
Membracidse ' : and when Ave remember that that gifted and
versatile scientific worker commenced his study of the exotic
Membracidae when he had about reached the eightieth year of
his life, and that he was physically incapacitated by an almost life-
long affliction from visiting museums and private collections for

VOL. IV. B

2 MEMBRACID.i:

comparison of types and specimens, his work, apart from its
limitations, is a standard of energy and determination. He drew
all the figures himself, which was sometimes disadvantageous, for
although a painter in oils of considerable merit, he naturally
lacked that minute and microscopic delineation which is indispens-
able to the entomological artist. By the kindness of his family
his collection of the Membracidae has passed into my hands, and I
have thus been able to stndy his types and genera. Of course
AValker's types have always been at my examination ; Dr. Horvath
has kindly let me see such of Melichar's Ceylonese species as are
contained in the M useum Hougrois at Budapest ; Prof. Poulton
has done me the same service as regards species described by
Buckton from the Hope Collection ; both l)rs. AurivilHus and
Sjostedt have assisted me with cotypes of Stal's species in the
Stockholm Museum, and I am under similar obligation to
Dr. Bolivar of Madrid and Dr. Handlirsch of Vienna.

The Membracidaj of British India, _ or of the Old World
generally, cannot compare with those of the Neotropical Region
either in number, colour, or structure, and it is in the latter region
that this family reaches its zenith in development.

The natural position of the Membracidae among the other
families of the Homoptera is still sub judice. Stal and Hansen
consider the Membracidae as essentially belonging to the Jassidae,
and not without substantial if not adequate reason. I, however,
incline to the views of most modern writers on the subject and
consider the Membracidaj as a very distinct subfamily, linked to the
Cercopidte by the Macliserotino', and this at least has to be con-
ceded, whether according to different views the Cercopidse precede
or follow the Membracidae in classification. The family is divided
into six subfamilies, of which two are found in our fauna, and in
Fowler's opinion these two subfamilies might be sufficient to
embrace the whole of the Membracidae. It is probable that there
is considerable argument in this view, though at present with some
rhynchotal systematists, or those at least quaUfied to express
dogmatic opinions, an artificial system once promulgated is to be
accepted as a biological canon.

Belt (' The Naturalist in Nicaragua,' pp. 226-7) states that
certain species of Membracidae were attended by ants for the sake
of a sweet secretion. E. E. Green (Ent. Month. Mag. xxxvi,
p. 185) has recorded some practically similar observations made by
himself in Ceylon.

Synopsis of SuhfamiUes.

A. Scutellum wanting or obsolete, or entirely

concealed by the pronotum ; the tibiae, or at
least the intermediate and anterior tibiae,
more or less dilated Membracince. 0

B. Scutellum usually distinct and more or less

uncovered, its apex generally excavate or

broadly sinuate, the apical angles acute .... Centrotlnce. ^

f

OXYJUlAClllS.

0 Subfamily J. MEMBRACINtE.

0 Membracida, Stal, Hem. Afric. iv, p. 83 (18GG) : Fkb. Rev. Ma,,.

Zoo/. (3) iii, p. ;332 (1875).
tf Centroticla (part), Stal, Ofv. Vet. -Ah. Fork. 1869, p. 280.
0 Centrotina (part), Atkins. J. A. S. Benrj. liv, p. 76 (1885).
^-^embraciiiae, Fowler, Biol. L'entr.-Amer., Rhnnch. Horn, ii, p. 3

(1894). -^ ' ^

The two genera found in the Indian fauna which are placed in
this subfamily are of rather doubtful position, 8o sound and
experienced a taxonomist as Stfd placed them originally in the
above subfamily (1866); in 1869 he transferred them to the
"fCentrotince, and again in the same year (Hem. Fabr. ii, p. 47)
he adhered to his earlier decision. In general appearance they
strongly resemble the "^Centrotina', but they diflfer from all the
genera there included by the absent or obsolete scutellum, entirely
concealed by the pronotum.

0 Division OXYRUACmSAEIA.

In this division the posterior pronotal process is long and
narrow, broad at base, and reaching or passing the posterior angle
of the interior margin of the tegmiua ; the tibia) are dilated ; the
sides of the pro- and mesosterna are armed with a small lobe
or tooth.

Synopsis of Genera. „

A. Posterior pronotal process compressed and
ampliated beneath on its apical area ;
Aviugs with three apical areas.

a. Pronotum with the lateral angles more or

less produced .' Oxybhachis, p. 3. ^

b. Pronotum with the lateral angles not

produced OXYRHACHIDIA, p. 8. O

a. 1 ostenor pronotal process not compressed
and ampliated beneath; wings with four
apical areas Xiphlstes, p. 8. ^

^ Genus OXYRHACHIS.

Oxyrbachis, Germ, in Silh. JRev. Ent. iii, p. 232 (1835) ; Fnirm
An?i. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1846, p. 267 ; Stal, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 84
(1866) ; Fieh. Rev. Mag. Zool. (3) iii, p. 333 (1875) ; Atkijis.
J. A. S. Beng. liv, p. 76 (1885) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, '
p. 108 (1903). ^ '

O Polocentrus, BucU. Monogr. Memhrac. p. 253 (1903).

5 Ouranorthus, Buckt. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. ix, p. 333 (1905).

Type, 0. taranchis, Fabr.

4 MEMBEACID^.

Distrihution. Oriental and Ethiopian Eegions.

Head perpendicular, face a little elevated ; pronotum -with the
lateral angles more or less produced, the processes three-cornered
or tricarinate ; the posterior process long, narrow, broad at base,
beneath posteriorly compressed and amplified and reaching or
passing the posterior angle of the interior margin of the tegmina,
this process is also three-cornered or tricarinate ; sides of the pro-
and mesosterna armed with, a small lobe or tooth ; wings with three
apical areas ; tibi^^jiompressed and moderately dilated.

I have included Polocentrus, Buckt. as a synonym of Oxyrliachh,
because its deseriber states that P. rufus " may be taken as
typifying the genus," though the first. species he enumerates
(P. latij)es) evidently belongs to the genus Xij^)lmtes.

2104. Oxyrhachis tarandus, Fahv. (Membracis) Ent. Syst. Suppl
p. 514 (1798) ; «/.7Centrotus) -S'y*^;'. Bhyyig. p. 19 (1803) ; Germ.
4 (Oxyrhachis) in Silb. Bck. Ent. iii, p. 232 (1835) ; Amy. &>• Sen:
Hem. p. 536 (1843) ; Fairm. Ann: Soc. Ent. Fr. 1846, p. 268,
pi. 4, f. 13 ; Sfal, Hem. Afi: iv, p. 84 (1866) ; id. Hem. Fabr. ii,
p. 47 (1869) ; Atkins. J. A. 8. B. Hv, p. 77 (1885).
{) Polocentrus rufus, Buckt. Munor/r, Membrac, p. 254, t. Iviii, f. 2,

a, b (1903).
0 Polocentrus neuter, Buckt. torn. cit. t. Iviii, f. 3 (1903).

Ferruginous or fuscous, thickly punctate ; head frontally piceous,
often apically more or less marginally ochraceous ; tegmina dull
hyaline, the veins fuscous, the base narrowly pale ferruginous ;
pronotum Avith a central longitudinal carination which traverses

Fiof. l.— O.ri/1-IiacJna iaraiidiis.

the length of the posterior process ; the lateral processes sub-
horizontal, seen from behind a little recurved, seen from the front
more upwardly recurved, strongly tricarinate, compressed, their
apices obtusely acute ; posterior process long, extending beyond
tegminal apices, upwardly recurved, beneath laminately ampliate
and finely serrate ; legs somewhat longly pilose.

Length 7 to 9 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 4 millim.

Ilah. Bengal, Calcutta {Inch Mus.) ; Madras {Coll. Dist.) ;
Chatrapur, Ganganu {Stehhing) ; Mysore, Bangalore {Brit. Mus.) ;
Karachi {Cummincj). — Abyssinia. Egypt. Senegal. South
Africa.

OXYllIIACIIIS. 5

This species in the Madras district \\as found by Mr. E. P.
Stebbing on^Acacia slamea anclM. arahica and on Casuarina. In
Mr. Buckton's collection there is a Madras specimen labelled
V (Jentrotus t'myo(type), of which I can find no published description,
but the species may have been distributed under that name and
thei'efore requires mention.

Prof. Poulton has sent me examples for comparison of the
species described hy BwQktonas'^Polocenti'us rufus; his'^P. neuter
was described from my own collection. Both his figures must be
ignored. The species figured by Buckton (Monogr. Membrac.
t. xlix, f . 3, a, b) as^Oxi/rJuichis tarandus is the S. Mnc^w'^Xiiiliistes
furcicomis, Germ., his cotypes are now i)i my collection.

^2105. Oxyrhachis subjecta, Walk. List Horn. u,-p..50-i (IsrA) ; Atkins.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 79 (1885).
g

" Nearly allied to 0. tarandus but is smaller ; the dorsal horns
are shorter in proportion and less diverging ; the hind appendage
is more inclined upward and not serrated beneath. Black, clothed
with whitish down ; head transverse, sub(]uadrate, flat, slightly
impressed, finely punctured, not much broader than long, a httle
narrower than the fore-chest between the shoulders, truncated and
ferruginous in front ; fore-chest rather high in front, rather
roughly punctured, rising almost vertically from the head, with a
ferruginous ridge ; shoulders rounded, not prominent ; horns
above very broad, prismatic, conical, diverging, ascending, hardly
curved downward ; hind side much shorter than either of the
other sides ; length of the horns rather less than the breadth of the
chest between them ; hind appendage mostly ferruginous, extend-
ing very far beyond the tip of the abdomen, inclined upward and
keeled beneath but not serrated from the middle to the tip ; breast
and abdomen clothed with white down ; legs red ; shanks widened ;
wings colourless ; fore-wings tawny and punctured at the base, with
a brown spot on the angle of the hind border ; veins stout,
ferruginous; four discoidal areolets." {WalJcer.)

" Length of the body 3 ; of the wings oh lines."

Hah. " East Indies."

_ The unique type of this species is now in a most mutilated con-
dition, the " dorsal horns " being quite destroyed. According to the
description, it differs from the preceding species by the non-serrate
under surface of the posterior ])rocess.

^ 2106. Oxyrhachis rudis, Walk. List Horn, ii, p. 509 (1851) ; Atkins.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 78 (1885).

Eerruglnous-brown, a central pale cariuate longitudinal line
traversing the pronotum and the posterior process ; tegmiua very
pale dull ochraceous, the apical margin hyaline, the veins and a
small basal patch ferruginous ; pronotum thickly punctate ; the
lateral processes broad, somewhat flat, horizontally produced, their

6 MEMBEACID.^.

apices subacute and slightly directed backward, as seen from the
front more slender and a little more apicallj acute ; posterior process
moderately lamiuately gibbous at base, then concave and apically
upturned but not reaching tegminal apex, very obscurely serrate
beneath ; legs testaceous ; body beneath more or less greyishly or
pale ochraceously tomentose.

Length 7 to 7| ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3| millim.

Hah, North Bengal {Brit^ Mus.) ; Calcutta (Indian Mks.).

To be distinguished from 0. tarandus by the shorter and broader
lateral pronotal processes, and by the shorter posterior process.

0
^ 2107. OxyrhacMs palus, Bucld. (Ouranorthus) Trans. Linn. Soc. ix,
p. 333, t. xxii, f. 1 (1905).

Body and legs pale ochraceous ; face pale castaneous ; tegmina
hyaline, wrinkled, talc-like, the veins and extreme basal area pale
ochraceous ; pronotum somewhat sparingly punctate ; the lateral
processes as seen from above short, broad, slightly recurved at
apices, discally concavely grooved, as seen in front apically turned
a little downward ; posterior process long, passing the posterior
angle of the inner margin of the tegmina, centrally and laterally
carinate, the central carination finely continued through pronotum,
moderately laminately gibbous at base and apically upturned.

Length 8 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3 millim.

Hah. Bangalore {Madrid Mks.).

By the kindness of Prof. Bolivar of the Madrid Museum, I have
been allowed to examine the type of this species. The posterior
pronotal process is fractured and erectly upturned, Mliich deceived
Buckton and induced him to regard this as a natural character upon
which he proposed the foundation of a new genus, Ouranortlms.

The species is allied to'^O. rudis, Walk., by the broad but more
apically recurved lateral pronotal processes, especially as viewed in
front, the colour is also pale ochraceous.

^ 2108. Oxyrhachis uncatus. Mdich. Horn. Faun. Cerjhn,^. 108 (1903).
^Centrotus nectaris, Bnckt. Mono(/r. Memhrac. p. 246, t. Iviii,
f. 4, a, b (1903).

'^ Fig. 2.— 0.r)jrliachis loicuirs.

Brownish-ochraceous ; a central pale yellow carinate liue_ to

OXTBIIACHIS. 7

prouotum ; frontal margin of pronotum, the lateral processes, and
posterior process (excluding base) ochraceous ; tegmina wrinkled,
subhyaline, the veins ochraceous ; legs ochraceous ; body beneath
cretaceously tomentose ; pronotum thickly punctate, laterally here
and there slightly cretaceously tomentose ; lateral processes short,
ascendant, their apices rounded, their outer areas with an oblique
pale line ; posterior process reaching or slightly passing tegminal
apices, laterally compressed, apically slightly turned upward ;
tegmina opaque and punctured at base.

Length 7 ; breadth lat, pronot. process. 3 to 34 milh'm.

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green). Trfchinopoly (Jide
MeUchar).

^ 2109. Cxyrhachis crinitus, limM. (Centrotus) Momm: Memhrac.
p. 247, t. Ix, f. 5 (1903).

Pale brownish -testaceous, thickly punctate, a central pale
longitudinal carinate line traversing the pronotum and posterior
process ; a transverse spot on each side of base of head, a spot on
pronotum behind each eye and the apex of carinate line to posterior

process black ; tegmina wrinkled, subhyaline, the venation ochra-
ceous, the base opaque and punctate ; legs ochraceous ; sternum
black, more or less cretaceously tomentose ; abdomen beneath
ochraceous, slightly cretaceously tomentose ; pronotal lateral pi"o-
cesses very short, much less prominent as seen from behind than
in front, from behind they are broadly angulate, from in front
more prominent and subacute ; posterior process a little raised near
base, then concave and more or less upwardly directed towards
apex, which does not quite reach tegminal apices, beneath very
finely serrate ; face with the basal and apical margins more or less
black.

Length 4| to 5| ; brendth lat. pronot. process. 1| to
2 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; \\.a,\.i% {Green).

MEMBRACID.i:.

^ Oxyrliacliidia, MelicTi. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 118 (1903).

^)Type, 0. hiermis, Stal.

Distribution. Ceylon.

Dr. Melichar tlnis differentiates this genus. "Tibiae compressed
and moderately widened. Differs from Oxyrhachis by the absence
of the lateral processes to the pronotura, while the posterior
process is broad at base, narrowed like an awl behind and
straight. In this respect the genus comes neaif^Gargara, while
hYOccyrliacliis the hinder portion of the posterior projection is
strongly laterally compressed with the apex directed either up or
down."

^ 0

t^2110. Oxyrhachidia inermis, StM (Oxyrhachis), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork.

1869, p. 28.3; Mellch. (Oxyrhachidia) Horn. Faun. Ceylon,

p. 118 (1903).

Ferruginous-brown ; central pronotal carination, medial area of
posterior pronotal process, abdomen beneath and legs brownish -
ochraceous ; tegmina hyaline, venation ochraceous ; pronotum
convex, punctate ; posterior process almost reaching apex of

Fig. 4. — Od'f/rhacJiidia inermis

tegmina, trioarinate above, the central carination continued
through pronotum, narrowest at a little beyond base, posteriorly
ampliated beneath where it is both above and beneath margined
with fuscous ; tegmina opaque and punctate at base.

Length 6^ to 7| millim.

Hah. Ceylon {Coll. Sic/noret)

I am indebted to Dr. Handlirsch for the opportunity of figuring
this species. The Vienna Museum now contains the Signoret
collection.

0 Genus XIPHISTES.

vi Xiphistes, Stdl, Hem. Afr. iv, pp. 83 & 85 (186G) ; id. Ofc. Vet.-Ak.
Fork. 1869, p. 280.

^j'Type,j[. furcicornis. Germ., a South-African species.
IHstrihution. Ethiopian and Oriental Regions.
Lateral angles of the pronotum variably produced in length,

XIPniSTES.

9

ihe processes three-cornered or tricarinate ; posterior process
long, tricarinate or three-cornered, almost reaching the apex of the
interior mar<rlu of the tegmina, bat not ampliately compressed
beneath as iu Oxi/rJiachis, above with a central carinate line which
is continued on the pronotum ; wings with four apical areas; sides
of the pro- and mesouota armed with a small spine or tooth ;
tibiae compressed and moderately dilated.

This has hitherto been regarded as an Ethiopian genus, but the
following Oriental species must be included in it.

V

o09

0 211]. XipMstes unicolor, IValk. (Oxyrhachis) List Horn, ii
(1851); uitkins. J. A. S. B. liv,^. 78 (1885).

-Ferruginous, shortly pilose ; tegmina subhyaline, with the
venation dull testaceous ; pronotal angles longly, subacutely and
longitudinally produced, moderately divergent, as seen from in
front more upwardly directed ; posterior process tricarinate,
apically a little recurved, terminating at the posterior angle of
the inner margin of tegmina; femora black, their apices and the

Fig. b.—Xiphitifes unicnl,

tibiae and tarsi testaceous ; base of tegmina coarsely punctate
pronotum thickly but finely punctate.

Length including lateral pronot. process. 10 millim.

Ilab. "East Indies" {Parnf, Brit. Mus.).

0 Subfamily II. CExVTROTIN.E.

<?Nudiscuti, Amy. S^- Sew. Hhn. p. 549 (184.3).

^ Jassida, subfam. Ceutrodida, Stdl, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 83 (18G6) ; id.

(part) Of'o. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1869, p. 280.
OCentrotina, Stdl, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1870, p. 727.
\/Centrotinpe, Fowler, Biol. Centr.-Am., Rhynch. Hom.W, p. 0 (1894) ;

Goding, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, xxviii, p. 5 (1903).

Scutellum distinct, more or less uncovered, produced beyond
metanotum, and fui-nished with acute apical angles.

This subfamily is not, however, one of rigid diagnosis, for, as in
the division Coecosterphusaria, there is no complete scutellum.

,10 IMEMBRACID.E.

0 Division HYPSAUCHENIARIA.

Head almost triangular ; pronotum without lateral processes
but produced upwards in a co)npressed process generally curved
backward with its apex bilobed ; sides of pro- and mesosterna
armed with a small lobe or tooth.

Sipiopsis of Genera.

A. Posterior pronotal process lobately elevated

before apex IIypsavchexia, p. 10.

B. Posterior pronotal process slender, straight,

without a subapical elevation IIybanda, p. 13. O

^ Genus HYPSAUCHENIA.

^ Hvpsauchenia, Germ, in Silb. Bei: Ent. i\\, p. 230 (1835) ; Amy. Sj-
^Serv. Hem. p. 535 (1843) ; Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1846, p. 520 ;
Sm, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 86 (1866); id. Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1869,
p. 280; Atkim. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 80 (1885). j

Type, //. Jiardivicli, '^, Kirby.

Distribution. Oriental Region.

Head almost triangular, trilobed towards extremity ; pronotum
shorter than the tegmina, without lateral processes, but produced
upward in a compressed process generally curved backward witii
its apex bilobed ; posterior process apically oue-lobed, slender,
narrow at base, narrower than the scutellum which is visible,
and before apex angularly upwardly j)roduced ; tegmina extending
considerably beyond the abdominal apex, their apical margins
obliquely truncate, their apical angles longly produced ; tibiae
simple, not dilated ; sides of pro- and mesosterna armed with a
small lobe or tooth, ^

Germar gave as his type //. baUlsta from Demerara. Fairraaire,
however, satisfied himself that the habitat was erroneous and that
the species was a synonym of H. hardwicki, W. Kirby.

. 0

^2112. Hypsauchenia hardwicki, W., Kirby (Centrotus), A.M.N. K.
ii, p. 21, f. 5 6 (1829) ; i^rtiV;«.XHypsauchema) Ann. Soc. Ent.
Fr. 1846, p. 520, t. iii, ff. 20, 21 ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv,
p. 80 (1885) ; Buckt. Mon. Memhrac. p. 210, t. xlvi, f. 3, a, b
(1903).
o Hypsaucheuia ballista. Germ, in Silb. Rev. Ent. iii, p. 231 (1835).
Ki'Vm^. floralis, Brickt. Mon. Membrac. p. 210 (1903).
^-Vnr. pygmjen, Buckt. torn. cit. p. 211, t. xlvii, f. 1 (1903).

Piceous ; tegmina and legs brownish-piceous ; pronotum granu-
lose, its discal process curved backward, tricarinate above, apically
bilobed ; the lobes broad, wrinkled, basally broadly separated and
there enclosing a circular space, their apices witli a slight slender

IIYPSAUCnEXIA.

11

projection, nearly but not reaching the tegminal apices ; tegmina
for about two-thirds broadly laterally punctate ; tibiae and tarsi a
little paler than femora.
Length 7 to 8 millini.

fl Fig. G. — Hypsmivlicnia liardwicki.

Hah. Sikhim. Xaga Hills (Doherii/) : Khasi Hills (Jordan) ;
Assam and Nepal (Jide Atkinson); Darjiling {Coll. I)ist.). Pegu
(Coll. BucJdon). ^

I possess Buckton's type of H. f oralis, which is now un-
fortunately in a somewhat mutilated condition, but there is little
doubt that he was quite right in surmising that it was a variety of
Kirby's species ; the vaw^j^ygnHea is a smaller and paler form
of the species.

'2113. Hypsauchenia subfusca, Buclt. Man. Memhrac p. 211, t. xlvi,
f. 5, a, h (1903).
A Hypsauchenia hardwickii, Fairm. {nee Kirby) Atvi, Sac. Ent. Fr.
1846, p. 520, t. iii, ff: 20, 21.

0 Fig. l.—Hijpscoichcnia snhfusva.

Allied to H. JiardtvicJci but differing principally in the following

12

MBMBRACIDjE.

characters : — tlie subapical angular elevation to the posterior
process is narrower and more acute ; the apical lobes to the discal
pronotal process are narrower and more elongate, while the space
whicli separates them at base is ovate and not circular; in other
respects the characters are almost entirely similar.

Length 7 to 8 millim.

Hah. Assam {Coll. JJist.). Sikhim (Indian IIiis. S,- CoU. hist.).

I have seen a long series of this species and the differential
characters are constant.

0

2114. Hypsauchenia uncinata, sm, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1869,
p. 283: Afkms. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 80 (1885).

Obscurely ferruginous-ochraceous, pubescent ; dorsal process of

the pronotum bending a little
forward, posteriorly svib-
lobate, acuminate and re-
curved at the apex ; tegmina
punctured before the middle,
pellucid behind the middle ;
the anterior process is
much shorter and differently
formed from other species
of this genus ; pronotum
punctulate, furnished an-
Hyjmnu-hona uncinata. teriorly with a compressed

dorsal process, somewhat
shorter than the posterior process, bending a little forward,
posteriorly roundly nmpliated a little above the middle, apex
slender, acuminate and much recurved; posterior process somewhat
elevated behind the middle; tegmina moderately densely reticulated
behind the middle.
Length $ 8 millim.

Hah. N.E. India {fide Stal). Pussumbing, Darjeeling {Mann.,
Ind. Mus.). Nepal ; Nagorkote {Hodgart, Ind. Mas.).

Often specimens of this species from ants' nests on trees
{Hodgart).

The figure is taken from a cotype in the Stockholm Museum,
for which I owe my thanks to Dr. Chr. Aurivillius. Mr. H.
H. Mann found this species near Darjeeling on Cyphomandra and
on Artemisia.

'^2115. Hypsauchenia gibbosa, sp. u.

Eufous-brown, lateral and apical areas of the tegmina paler, the
latter sprinkled with small white spots ; dorsal process of the
pronotum raised and directed a little forward as in*?/, nnciiiaia but
its apex bilobed ; the lobes short, narrow, not roundly ampliated,
recurved and almost meeting posteriorly; posterior process slender,
up\Aardly strongly serrate, and Mith a large, flat, broadly conical

HYBANDA.

13

subapical protuberance, tlie surface of \\ liich is \\idely reticulate,
the apex moderately long and slender, reaching the apex of the
inner margin of the tegmina ; tegmina thickly punctate at base
and to beyond middle, strongly wrinkled on disk, the apical area
paler, reticulate and sprinkled with small white spots.

Length 7 milhrn.

Hah. Burma ; Kuby Mines (Doherti/).

^ Genus HYBANDA, uov.
67
Type, H. anodonta, Buckt.

Distrilmtian. Oriental Region.

AUied io^InpsaucJienia but differing principally by the structure
of the posterior process, which is uniformly slender and without a
subapical erection. Ocelli about as far apart from eyes as from
each other ; dorsal process of the pronotum variable, recurved as
in^Hi/jDsauchenia, sometimes centrally globose as in ^H. hulhosa,
Buckt., apically bilobate or bifurcate ; posterior process slender,
centrally and laterally carinate, attenuated toA\"ards apex, not
reaching tegminal apex.

At present I am only acquainted with two species which belong
to this genus, both found in the Malay Peninsula where thev
appear to be abundant, at least at Perak, and one of which is
recorded from Assam. ^

Another allied genus, Pyrgauchmia, Bredd., has been described
from Celebes.

0 21 IG. Hybanda anodonta, Buckt. (Hypsauchenia) Mon. Memhrac.
p. 212, t. xlvii, f. 2 (1903).

Euscous-broMii

0 Fi

apical area of tegmina brownish-ochraceous :
underside of body and the
legs usually dark testaceous ;
pronotum punctate and sub-
rugulose, the dorsal process
long, posteriorly and up-
wardly inclined, its apex
bilobed, the lobes elongate
and somewhat narrow and
only narro\\-ly divided at
base ; posterior process not
elevated, long, narrow, finely
dentate above ; tegmina
coarsely punctate to a little
beyond middle, inner apical
margin wrinkled ; eyes pro-
minent and piceous.
Length 7 to 8 millim.

9. — HyhanJa unodonia.
Hah. Assam {fide Buclton). — Malay Peninsula, Perak (Doherti/)

14 MEMBEACID.^.

^ Genus MAGUVA.
>! Maguva, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 109 (1903).

Typef J/, hon-lda, Melich.

Distribution. Ceylon.

" Lateral horns longly aad obliquely directed upward, curved
and sharply pointed at apices, compressed, tlie front and hind
edges keeled, the upper surface with two keels, the lower with one
longitudiual keel ; the posterior process smooth, laterally com-
pressed, rectangulated, the projecting branch wideued in middle
and beneath, the laminate widening provided behind with a short
tooth, the sides oi: the projection furnished with a keel, the upper
ridge of the projection produced as a middle keel on the pronotum;
tegmina strongly transversely wrinkled, with four apical veins ;
legs moderately long." {Meliclmr.)

I have refrained from proposing a divisional section for this gen as,
of which I have no personal knowledge.

0 2117. Maguva horrida, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceijlon,-^. 109, t.ii, f. 21

(1903).

" Head and pronotum dark brown, deeply punctured, with short,

scanty, depressed, yellowish pubescence ;

pronotum dirty yellow at base and

thickly punctured ; tegmina strongly

\\rinkled, rusty-brown ; along the costal

margin deeply punctured and rather

darker coloured with short yellowish

\j-'^^~^^^ hairs in the points ; wings hyaline,

' Fig. l{).— Maguva horrida. smoky brown, with pitchy-brown

veins ; legs pitchy-brown ; abdomen

black." {Melichar.)

Length $ 9 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 7 millim.
Hah. Ceylon.

I have "not seen this species and therefore reproduce Dr.
Melichar's description and figure.

Division MICREUNARIA.

Scutellum longer than broad, apically acuminate ; sides of pro-
and mesosterna unarmed ; pronotum posteriorly or discally more
or less elevated ; tibiae rarely dilated ; wings with four apical
areas.

The name of this division is derived from Micrcune, Walk., a
Malayan genus.

LEPT013ELU,S. 15

Si/iio2ysis of Genera.

A, Pronotum strouglj' disc-ally elevated LKrxoBELrs, p. 15.

V>. Pronotum not strongly discally elevated.

a. I'ronotal posterior process strongly elevated

at base ' Maabbarus, p. 16. ^

b. I'rouotal posterior process curved, but not

strongly elevated at base.

a. Veins to apical areas of tegmina straight

or nearly straight Temngaxa, p. 17. ^

b. ^'eins to apical areas of tegmina curved

inwardly.
a'. Anterior pronotal processes produced -

laterally I'arapogon, p. 22, ^

b'. Anterior pronotal processes longly pro-

duced horizontally ' Bathoutha, p. 23. ^

^ Genus LEPTOBELUS.

'* Leptobelus, StSl, Hem. Aft: iv. p. 86 (1866) ; id. Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork.
1869, pp. 280 & 284 («) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 81 (1885). ^

0 Type, L. dama, Germ.

Distribution. Oriental Region.

Face Mitbout a lateral lobe, gradually narrowed ; sides of the
sternum unarmed ; pronotum with the disk elevated, the elevated
portion armed on each side with a transverse spinous process,
and posteriorly with a slender process which is extended parallel
with but high above the body ; scutellum longer than broad,
gradually but strongly narrowed toward the apex which is slightly
and nai-rowly obtusely or subsinuately truncated ; exterior
discoidal area of tegmina petiolated; wings with four apical areas ;
tibiae slightly dilated.

^ 1^118. Leptobelus dama, Germ. (Cen^otus) m Silb. Rev. Ent. iii,
p. 258 (1835): Fainn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1846, p. 510, t. iii,
f. 14; Stm (Leptobelus), Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. 1866, p. 386;
Atkins. J. A. S. B. Hv, p. 81 (1885).

Head, pronotum, and scutellum black ; posterior area of

0 Fig. 11. — Leptobelus dama.
pronotum, base of scutellum, and apical margins of face densely

16 isiembkacid^t:.

cretaceously sericeous ; legs and abdomen beneath black, the first
more or less greyishly pilose, the latter moi'e distinctly so; tegmina
pale bronzy, the base black, followed by a large transverse dull
ochraceous spot ; prouotum thickly and somewhat coarsely
punctate, the discal transverse processes seen from behind more
prominently recurved than when viewed in front, their apices
acute, the posterior process curved and a little undulated, strongly
tricarinate above ; scutellum beyond the cretaceous base finely
thickly punctate ; black basal area of tegmina thickly coarsely
punctate.

Length 9i ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 5 millim.

Hah. India {fide Fairmaire). — Java.

2119. Leptobelus gazella, Fairm. (Centrotus) Ami. Soc. Ent. Fr.
184G, p. olO ; Stal (Leptobelus), Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. x, p. 386
(1866) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. Uv, p. 81 (1885) ; Buckt. (Lepto-
centrus) Monogr. Membrac. p. 235, t. liii, f. 5 a (1903).

Indigo-black ; legs castaneous ; tegmina brownish-ochraceous,
dark castaneous at base ; pronotum and its processes thickly
punctate, lateral processes wide, recurved, three-cornered or
tricarinate, posterior process almost straight, centrally and

Fig. 12. — Leptobelus gazella.

laterally carinate, the central carination continued throughout the
pronotum ; scutellum elongate, more or less white at base (this
character is to be best seen in fresh specimens) ; tegmina Mith the
apical area distinctly wrinkled ; tarsi paler than tibial ; pronotum
finely palely pilose.

Length 8 to 10 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 6 millim.

Hab. Assam {Coll. Dist.) ; Naga Hills (Dohertg). Eurma ; Euby
Mines {Doherty).

^' Genus MAARBARUS, nov.

^Type, M. hubalus, Kirby.

Distribution. Ceylon.

Scutellum exposed, elongate, subtriangular, considerably longer
than broad ; pronotum Avith two curved lateral processes ; the
posterior process obliquely rising from base of pronotum and then
straightlv obliquely turned downward, not reaching apex of

TELIXGAXA.

tegmiiia, its apical portion becoming gradually acuminate; tegmina
\vil}h four apical areas; wings with four apical areas ; tibiae simple.

2120. Maarbarus bubalus, Kirhj (Centrotus), J. Linn. Soc, Zool.
xxiv, p. 167 (1891) ; Melich. (Platybelus) liovi. Faun. Ceylon,
p. ] 20 (1903).

Black ; lateral margins of the pi'onotum and sternum and base
of scutellum ochraceously sericeous ; anterior legs testaceous,
intermediate and posterior legs stramineous, apices of tibite and
tarsi piceous ; tegmina stramineous, the base, costal area to beyond
middle, a costal apical spot and a transverse spot near inner

Fi£. ly,

angle, black ; pronotum somewhat coarsely punctate, the lateral
processes strongly recurved and apically acuminate, distinctly
carinate ; posterior process compressed, centrally and laterally
carinate, the central carination continued through pronotum ;
scutellum beyond base coarsely punctate ; tegmina ^vith the black
basal and costal areas coarsely punctate.

Length G| ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 5 millim.

Hah. Ceylon (Lewis); Pundaluoya, Maskeliya (Green).

0 2121. Maarbarus? cinctus, BticU. (Leptocentrus) Monoyr. Membmc
p. 236, t. liii, f. 8, a, b (1903).

I can find no trace of this species in the Buckton Collection.
Judging from the figure it may probably belong to this genus.

" kSmall and slender, with rather erect and sharp suprahumerals.
Posterior horn rising erect from the dorsum and then reflected as a
thin and free process to the tip of the tegmina. Colour bro\\-n,
with a broad and white tomentose band at the margin of the
pronotum, which band is continued below the abdomen and covers
the coxae. Tegmina rather slender, with broad yellow neui'atiou,
narrow apicals, and with no limbal border. I could only count
two discoidal areas, but an exact mapping out of venation in many
species of the Centrotidae is hardly attainable." (Buclcton.)

" Size 7x3 millim."

Hah. " Calcutta."'

0 Genus TELINGANA, nov.
"^ Leptobekis, sect, aa, h, Stdl, Ofv, Vet.-Ak. Foi-h. 1869, p. 284.

oType, T. curvispina., Stal.
Distribution. Oriental Eegion.

VOL. IV. c

IS

TME^SrBBAC'ID.?;.

Principally differing from Lejitohelvs by the non- or little
elevated disk of the proDotum and the distinctl}' curved posterior
process. Pronotum with a transverse curved lateral process on
each side, the posterior process very distinctly tricarinate ;
scutellum elongate, triangular, as in Leptohehis.

A. Lateral nronotal processes curved.
0
2122. Telingana curvispina, Stdl (Leptobelus), Ofr. Tet.-Ak. Fork.
1860, p. 289; 3IelwJi. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 115 (1903).
^ Leptocentrus imitator, Biickt. Monor/r. Membrac. p. 234. t. liii
f. 2, a (1903).

Black; latei-al margins of pronotum and sternum, and bases
oE scutellum densely ochraceously sericeous ; tegmina dark shining
stramineous, apical area dark ochraceous, the whole of the costal

0 Fig. 14. — TdliKjunu eurvispina.

area, the radial area beyond middle and base of claval area black ;
posterior tibise ochraceous; pronotum punctate, the lateral processes
transverse and recurved, a little upwardly raised, their apices
subacute ; posterior process curved downward from near base,
abo\e very strongly tricarinate, the central cariuation continued
throughout pronotum ; scutellum nearly twice longer than broad,
finely punctate ; tegmina strongly punctate on the black basal
and anterior areas.

Length 7g ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 4^^ millim.

Hah. Ceylon : Maskeiiya ( Green).

6 Q

^2123. Telingana paria, Fairm. {Cenixoiwii) Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.lSia.
p. 513 ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 83 (1885).

Head and pronotum ferruginous-brown or pale castaneous ;
scutellum (excluding apex) and lateral areas of sternum cretaceously

^.

.J

sericeoiis ;
ochraceous

15. — Ti;ling^na paria.

abdomen beneath greyishly pilose ; legs brownish-
; tegmina very pale ochraceous, subhyaline, opaque

TELINGANA. 19

and punctate at base ; prouotum thickly and sotnev\'hat coarsely
punctate ; lateral transverse processes as seen from above some-
what short, recurved, strongly carinate near middle, apices obtusely
acute, anterior margins ridged, as viewed in front more slender
and less strongly recurved ; ])Osterior process slender, well separated
from scutellum' at base, above tricarinate, its apex acute and
almost touching tegmina near the posterior angle of the inner
margin, the central carination more finely continued through
pronotum; legs normal.

Lencth 5k ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3 millim.

HaL N. Bengal {Brit. Mus.).

O
O 2124. Telingana canescens, BucU. (Leptoceutrus) Momxjr. Membrac.
p. 234, t. liii, f. 1 (1903).

Black ; lateral margins of pronotum, sternum and abdomen
beneath, and the whole of the scutellum densely ochraceously
sericeous ; intermediate and posterior tibise and the apices of the
femora ochraceous ; tegmina bronzy-yellow, the anterior area and
base of claval area black ; pronotum punctate, subgranulose ; the
lateral processes broadly, transversely and a little upwardly
extended, their apices i-ecurved and subacute, above tricarinate ;
posterior process long, almost reaching apex of tegmina, moderately
curved from near base, above tricarinate, the central cariuatiou
continued throughout pronotum; tegmina coarsely punctate at
base and to about middle of anterior area.

Length 8 to 9 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 6 millim.

Hah. Sikhira ; Mungphu {Atkinson). Teuasserim ; Myitta
{DoJiertij).

Buckton described his species as from " Honduras." This is
clearly owing to a wrong habitat having been given to him with
the type specimen, which is now in my own collection.

'^2125. Telingana capistrata, s])yu?

Piceous-black ; lateral margins of the pronotum and a central
longitudinal discal fascia to same divided by a dark carinate hne,

0 Fig. IG. — Tilingana capistrata.

scutellum and intermediate and posterior tibiae ochraceous :
tegmina bronzy, inner apical margin beyond clavus and costal

20 MEMBBACIDJS.

area beyoud middle piceoiis-black ; veins dark castaneous ; prouotum
granulose, the lateral processes strongly recurved and centrally
and laterally carinate above; posterior process strongly curved
from base to near apex, slender, apically attenuated, centrally and
laterally carinate above ; tegmina with the basal and costal dark
areas punctate.

Length 8 to 10| : breadth lat. pronot. process. 5| to 6 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Margherita {Atldnson Coll.). Burma ; Kuby
Mines (DoJierty).

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2126. Telingana decipiens, Kh-hy (Ceutrotus), J. Linn. Soc, Zool.
xxiv, p. 165 (1891) ; Motsch. (Walk. MS.) Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc.
xxxvi (2) p. 96 (1863); Melicli. (Leptocentrus) Horn. Faun.
Ceylon, p. 117 (1903).

Head, pronotum, and scutellum black ; lateral margins of pro-
uotum, base of scutellum, and the sternum cretaceously sericeous ;
legs testaceous ; abdomen beneath black, more or less cretaceously

Fig. 17. — Telingana decipiens.

pilose; tegmina pale bronzy, base and costal area black; pronotum
thickly punctate, centrally longitudinally carinate ; the transverse
processes tricarinate above, apically subacute, seen from behind
distinctly recurved, viewed in front almost obliquely straight ; the
posterior process curved near base and directed downward,
tricarinate above ; scutellum beyond cretaceous base thickly finely
punctate ; black basal and costal areas of tegmina thickly coarsely
punctate.

Length 6 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3| millim.

Hah. Ceylon {Brit. Mus.).

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0 2127. Telingana flavipes, Kirby (Centrotus), J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv,
p. 165 (1891).
C>Centnichus atricoxis, Melicli. (part.) Horn. Faun. Ceylon,-^. 113
(1903).

Head and pronotum black, somewhat thickly greyishly pilose ;
scutellum, lateral margins of pronotum, and sternum greyishly
sericeous ; legs oehraceous, extreme apices of tibise and apices of
tarsi pieeous ; abdomen beneath more or less greyishly sericeous ;
tegmina pale castaneous, the base and costal area piceous ;
pronotum punctate ; the lateral processes as seen from behind

TELINGANA.

21

recurved, as viewed from the front less prominently so, above
with a strong central carination, their apices subacute ; posterior

O Fig. 18. — Teli)ujanajlai:rpc».

process recurved from near base, above tricarinate, the central
carination continued through pronotum ; tegmina with the piceous
areas coarsely punctate and slightly pilose.

Length 6| ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 5 raillim.

Hah, Assam ; Margherita {Coll. Dist.). Ceylon ; Kandy,
Peradeniya, Nawalapitya (Green).

Melichar (supra) has included this species as a synonym of
^ Centruclms atricoxis, Kirby, probably from its describer having
stated that it might prove to be a variety of that species. The
two species are, however, not congeneric.

B. Lateral pronotal processes almost obliquehj straight,

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2128. Telingana imitator, Kirby (Centrotus), J". Linn. Sac, Zool. xxiv,
p. 107 (1891); Mdich. (Lepto^entrotus) Horn. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 118 (1903).

Indigo-black ; lateral margins of pronotum and sternum, and
base of scutellum cretaceously sericeous ; legs pale ochraceous ;
tegmina stramineous ; base and about basal half of costal area
black ; pronotum thickly finely punctate, the lateral processes

"y^^

0 Fig. 19. — Teliiiyana imitator.

obliquely straight, a little directed backward ; posterior process
curved, considerably shorter than tegmina, centrally and laterally
carinate above, the central carination continued through pronotum ;
scutellum longer than broad, coarsely punctate ; tegmina coarsely
punctate on the black area at base and on costal area.

Length 5 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 2| millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Pundaluoya (6-')Tm).

22 ilEMBRACIDJi.

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2129, Telingana pallipes, Stdl (LeptoMus), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fiirh. 1869,
p. 284 ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 82 (1885).

" Black, distinctly punctate ; lateral margins of pronotum and
sternum, and base of scutellum densely ochraceously sericeous ;
tegmina sordidly vinaceous, base of elavus, entire costal area and
radial area at base and outwardly beyond middle black, punctate ;
lateral processes of prouotum slender, moderate, gradually
acuminate, straight, turning outwards, above unicarinate, beneath
bicarinate : posterior process slightly curved towards the base,
thence straight, distant from the scutellum ; legs yellow-ferru-
ginous. ^

" Like T. curvispina, Stal, but lateral processes of pronotum
shorter, more slender, turning outwards, very little upward ;
posterior process not reaching the apex of the scutellum ; face
jiarrower at apex." (Stdl.)

"Length 5 to o| ; breadth 2 millim."

Hab. India (Jicle StFd).

^ Genus PARAPOGON, nov.

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Type, P. Tcandijiana, Dist.

Hah. Ceylon.

Allied to Telinc/ana, from which it differs by the veins to the
apical area of the tegmina being strongly curved inwardly as in
the genus Pogon. Apart from this character and the produced
lateral processes of the pronotum, Parapogon has a strong super-
ficial resemblance to MacJuerotgpus.

^ 2130. Parapogon kandyiana, sp. n.

Head and pronotum black, finely, shortly, palely pilose ; a spot
on each side of base and another near apex of scutellum
cretaceously sericeous ; basal margin of front of pronotum and
some angulate markings on its posterior lateral areas, lateral
margins of clypeus, and sternum and abdomen beneath more or

Fig. 20. — Parapogoi) Jcandyiaiia.

less cretaceously sericeous ; legs testaceous ; teguiina subhyaline ;
base and anterior area for about two-thirds the length and a spot
on inner margin near end of elavus piceous, finely palely pilose,
the whole inner area bronzy, the apex hyaline ; prouotum finely
punctate ; the latei-al processes as seen from above slender, very
slightly upturned and moderately directed backward, apices acute ;

UATIIOUTHA.

23

posterior process obliquely robust at base, theuce slender, oblique
and dull castaneous to apex, which passes the posterior angle of
the inner margin of tegmina.

Length 4; breadth lat. pronot. process. 2 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Kandy (6rree7i).

^ Genus BATHOUTHA, no\ .

Type, B. mdicans. Walk.

Distrihution. Ceylou.

Pronotum long, posteriorly truncate, lateral angles produced
anteriorly into longitudinal, slightly directed upward processes ;
posterior process emitted from near base, slender, curved, extended
well above scutellum and tegmina, lateral posterior angles
subacutely prominent ; scutellum completely exposed, longer than
broad, centrally, finely longitudinally carinate ; tegmina with the
vinns to lateral areas curved inwardly, gradually widened from
base but apically subacutely nan-owed ; legs simple ; eyes
prominent.

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2131, Bathoutha indicans, Walk. (Oxvrhacliis) List Horn., Suppl.
p. 128 (1858) ; Mr-Iic/i. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 108 (1903).

Pronotum above and scutellum black ; thickly covered with
minvite clusters of short pale greyish hairs ; front of pronotum,
face, sternum and abdomen beneath more or less cretaceously
sericeous ; tegmina piceous, becoming bronzy-brown on inner
and costal apical areas ; femora castaneous, their apices and the

Fig. 21. — Bathoutha ii/dicaiis.

whole of the tibife and tarsi ochraceous ; lateral pronotal processes
as seen from above moderately slender, three-cornered, directed
almost longitudinally but a little upwardly and outwardly, their
apices outwardly broadened and concavely truncate ; posterior
process slender, tricarinate above, strongly curved and elevated
above both scutellum and tegmina, its apex finely acute and
slightly recurved ; scutellum with a fine central carination.
Length 7^ ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 4 millim.
Hah. Cey\on (Brit. Mas.)- Yatiyantota (6-'/wm).

24 MEMBEACIB.i:.

^ Division ACANTHOPHYESAEIA.

This divis-ion includes a few genera, mostly Neotropical, which
have a downward prolongation beneath the posterior prouotal
process, sometimes connecting it with the scutellum.

Sijnopsis of Genera*

A. Posterior pronotal process united with the

apex of scutellum by a distinct perpen- q

dicular prolongation Dogbana, p. 24,

B. Posterior pronotal process impinging on ^

scutellum near its apex Indicoplexjstes, p. 25.

^ Genus DOGRANA, nov.

^Type, D. suffulta, Dist.

Distrihiitton. Oriental and Malayan Eegions,

Face moderately transversely globose between the eyes ; ocelli
almost as far apart from eyes as from each other ; pronotum with
the anterior angles produced in transverse spinous processes ; the
posterior process curved from base and united with the apex of
the scutellum, after which it is more straightly and more slenderly
continued to above the inner angle of the tegmina ; scutellum a
little longer than broad, its apex merged in the connecting support
of the posterior pronotal process ; tegmina with the claval area
long, the exterior claval vein united \\ith claval margin beyond
middle, the arrangement of the veins and areas shown by fig. 22 ;
legs simple.

The Gampylocentrus fcilco, Buckt., from the Philippines belongs
to this genus.

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2132. Dograna suffulta, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, and scutellum black ; base of scutellum, lateral

^ Fig. 1-l.~Docjro.nu xtiffnUa.

margins of clypeus, and lateral margins of sternum cretaceously
sericeous ; abdomen beneath black ; legs testaceous ; tegmina

* Acanth(yphyes belongs to this division, but I have not seen a specimen of
the only species recorded from British India.

INDICOPLEUSTES. 25

pale bronzy, the base black ; pronotum coarsely punctate, the
lateral transverse processes grooved above, their apices acute,
moderately recurved as seen from behind ; the posterior
process tricarinate above, the apical portion slender and some-
what testaceous in hue ; scatelluin beyond the basal cretaceous
area, which is somewhat gibbous and bilobed, thickly punctate ;
tegmina with the black basal area coarsely punctate and followed
by an obscure paler transverse fascia.

Length 7 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3| millim.

Hah. Bombay {Divon).

° Genus INDICOPLEUSTES, nov.
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Type, /. alhomacukitus, Dist.

Distribution. Ceylon.

Pronotum" somewhat long, posteriorly truncate, centrally
strongly longitudinally cariuate ; lateral transverse processes only
of moderate size, upwardly recurved ; the posterior process strongly
curved and raised above scutellura but impinging on it near its
apex, then narrowed and following the curve of the inner margni oE
the tegmina of which its apex reaches the inner angle ; scutellum
almost fully exposed, nearly as long as broad ; tegmina with the
lateral areas inwardly curved (as irPPor/on, Buckt.) ; legs simple.

2133. Indicopleustes albomaculatus, sp. n.

Fuscous-brown, somewhat densely sprinkled with small tuffs oE
short pale hairs ; a small spot on each side of base of scutellum
and a spot at posterior angle of inner margin and another central
spot near end of radial area of tegmina, white ; lateral areas of
sternum cretaceously sericeous, abdomen beneath more sparmgly
so ; lateral transverse pronotal processes somewhat short, broad,

^ Fi". '2'-'>. — Iii(lico))lcnsic» alliomacuhilii^.

upturned, almost centrally carinate from about halfway from base,
the apex obtusely pointed ; posterior process strongly tricarinate
above, impinging on the scutellum at its apex ; tegmina with the
two lower apical areas pale fuliginous.

Length 4^ to 5 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 2h mdhm.

Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya (^T'reeiO-

26 MEMBBACID.^.

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2134, Indieopleustes curvatus, Melich. (Centi-otas) Horn. Faun.
• Ceylon, p. 112 (1903).

" Small species, distinguished by the remarkably strong wave-
like, curved, posterior spine process aiid the short, obliquely
truncated, transverse, lateral horns. Pitchy-brown, thickly punc-
tate, with very short yellowish hair ; the lateral processes rather
broad, prismatic, rising obliquely upward, truncated at end, front
angles rounded off, the hinder pointed ; posterior process prismatic,
strongly carved at base so that there is a free space between the
scutellum, the middle of process impinging on scutellum and
thence wave-like, curved, the sharp poiut directed down\Aard ; on
the pronotum a distinct middle keel losing itself in the upper
corner of the spine process ; tegmina ])itchy-brown, thickly punc-
tured at the base to half ; Mings fuliginous : underside pitchy-
brown : anterior legs rusty-brown, intermediate and posterior legs
pale yellow." {Melichar.)

Difliers from*^i. albomanilatus in the smaller size, truncate apices
to the lateral pronotal processes, different colour of the legs, etc.
The sternum and the base of the scutellum is cretaceously
sericeous.

Length 4 to -li} ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3 millim.

Hab. Ceylon ; Kandy, Peradeniya ( Green).

° Genus ACANTHOPHYES.

^Acanthophves, StSl, Hem. Afric. iv, pp. 87 & 89 (1866); id. Ofv.
VeL-Ah Flirh. 1869, p. 281 ; Athins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 84 (1885).

Type, A. alhqyennis, Stal, a South-African species.*

Disiribxition. Ethiopian and Oriental Regions.

" Thoi'ax much elevated between the lateral angles, ver}' often
cornuted above the same angles ; posterior process remote from
the scutellum, bisinuate beneath, more or less amplified or lobed
in the middle, between the sinus, with the amplified part reaching
the dorsum of the abdomen or the apex of the scutellum ; tegmina
with five apical, two diseoidal areas ; wings M'ith four apical areas ;
tibias simple." {Stal.)

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2135. Acanthophyes capra, Fai;-. (Membiacis) i:7it. Si/st. Suppl.
Pj514 (1798) ; id. (Centrotus) Syst. Rhyng. p. 20 (1803) ; Stdl
(Acanthophves),//««. Fahr.n, p. 50 (1869); Atkins. J. A.
S. B. liv, p.' 84 (1885).

" Ferruginous-black or ferruginous, remotely flavescent greyish -

* Stal, when he originally described this genus, first mentioned, the species
Centrotus hamifer, Fairin. and C. eurvidcns, Fainn. as belonging to it. Sub-
sequently (1869) he included both these species in his genus Campyloccntrus.
It seems, therefore, necessary to take the Ethiopian A. aUdjicnnis, Stgl, as type
of the genus Acanthophycs.

LEPTOCENTKAEI A .

27

sericeous, two small basal spots on scutellum and sides o£ sternum
very densely sericeous ; lateral pronotal processes depressed,
truncated, bicarinate above.

" Head between eyes a little shorter than broad, beneath the
eyes abruptly and very much uarrowed ; face gradually slightly
narrowed, subtruncate, freely produced downward for some
distance ; pronotum punctured, armed on both sides anteriorly
above the lateral angles with a depressed horn-like process, very
slightly narrowed towards the apex, truncated at apex, bicarinate
above and beneath ; anterior apical angle of the processes rounded,
posterior somewhat acute ; posterior process distinctly carinate,
very broadly sinuate in the middle above, a little amplified beneath
in the middle, reaching the apex of the scutellum, very slightly
decurved towards the apex ; tegmiua fuscous-ferruginous or
ferruginous-grey, punctured at the base." (Stdl.)

Length 6| ; exp. lat. pronot. process. 4^ millim.

JIab. Tranquebar.

I do not know this species.

^ Division LEPTOCENTRARIA.

Scutellum transverse, nearly equally long as broad, the apex
broad, sinuate or truncate, and on each side prominently tlentate ;
wings with four apical areas.

Synopsis of Genera.

A . Veins to apical areas of tegmina straight.

a. Posterior pronotal process remote from

scutellum.
a. Posterior pronotal process curved at base

and then obliquely directed downward,

its apex touching or nearly touching the

posterior angle of inner tegminal margin ; ^

sometimes passing it LEPTOCENTurs,

h. Posterior pronotal process straight, not [p. 28.

curved at base, not obliquely directed

downward, its apex remote from tegmina

and scarcely reaching posterior angle of _ 0

inner tegminal margin Nilalt ama, p. ;}2.

b. Posterior pronotal process robust, more or

less impinging on scutellum and inner
tegminal margin.
a. Pronotum more or less gibbous before base
of posterior process.
«'. Pronotal lateral processes in a con-
tinuous line with the crescentic anterior q

margin of pronotum Emphusis, p. 36.

b', Pronotal lateral processes d ivergent from

line of anterior margin of pronotum . . Centrotypus, O
h. Pronotum not gibbous before base of [p. 33,

posterior process, but in a continuous ^

line with it Periaman, p. 37.

MEMBEACID.E.

c. Posterior ])i-onotal process slender, scarcely
or slightly elevated above sciitellum, biit
as a rule uot elevated above tegmina .... Otinotis. p. 39.
B. Veins to apical areas of tegmina strongly

curved inwardly Pogon, p. 42.

"^ Genus LEPTOCENTRUS.
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Leptcceutrus, StRl, Hem. Afr. iv. pp. 87 & 90 (1866) ; id. Of v. Vet.-

Ah. Fork. 1869, p. 281 ; Athins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 85 (1885) ;

Mdkh. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 116 (1903).

^ Tj'pe, L. hos, Sign., ;i West-African species.

Distribidion. Ethiopian and Oriental Regions.

Pront of prouotum more *or less obliquely prominent towards
face ; pronotum \vith anteriorly produced transverse processes ;
posterior process slender, tricarinate, emitted a little before the
posterior margin of the pronotum, well separated from thescutellum
and abdomen, sometimes, but seldom, posteriorly touching the
interior margin of the tegmina, neither sinuated beneath nor
medially amplified ; scutellum ti-ansverse, nearly equally long as
broad, apically emarginate and of moderate size ; tegmina with
five apical, two discoidal areas, none of them petiolated ; wings
with four apical areas ; tibite simple.

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2130. Leptocentrus taurus, Fabr. (Membracis) Syst. Enf. p. 676
(1775); id. (Cent?otus) Sysi. Rhym/. p. 20 (1803) ^O/i'y.
(Membracis) Enc. Meth. vii, p. 665 (1792) ; St&l (Leptocentrus),
Hem. Fubr. ii, p. 50 (1869) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 85
(1885) ; Melic/i. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 116 (1903).
^ Membracis rupicapra, Fahr. Enf. Si/st. Siq^pl. p. 514 (1798) ; id.

^(Centrotus) Syst. Bhyny. p. 18 (1803).
^ Membracis tricornis, Hardic. Zuol. Juttvn. iv, p. 114, Suppl.

t. XXX, tf. c, d, f (1828).
O Centrotus teririualis, Walk. List Horn, ii, p. 604 (1851) ; Stdl,
Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1862, p. 491 j Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceyhn,
p. 109 (1903). • ■

^ Centrotus vicarius, Walk. torn. cit. p. 605.

c? Leptocentrus gazella, Bnckl. Monogr. Mvmhrac. p. 235, t. liii, f. 5«
(1903).

Head and pronotum black ; scutellum and sternal lateral
margins cretaceously sericeous ; body beneath black ; legs
castaneous, sometimes the femora piceous ; tegmina pale bronzy-
ochraceous, a narrow pale piceous submarginal streak beyond
middle of costa ; pronotum thickly coarsely punctate ; the trans-
verse lateral processes robust, strongly recurved, above tricarinate,
the central carination nearer posterior than anterior margin,
apices subacute ; the pronotal front and face in fresh specimens
are thickly palely ochraceously pilose ; posterior frontal process
strongly tricarinate above, curved and a]ncally touching the interior
margin of the tegmina, the central carination contiiuied through

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prouotuiu ; tegmiua narrowly opaque and punctate at base : lateral
pronotal processes as seen in front apparently nnich narro\A-er and
less recurved.

Length G to 8 ; breadth lat. prouot. process. 5 to G millim.

^^T^^

Hah. Assam, Mai-gherita (AtJdnson) ; Calcutta ; Sikhiin (Jide
Atkinson) ; Tenasserim, Myitta (DoJierti/); Mei-gui. — Borneo (Coll.
Dist.); Timor (Coll. BLic/i-ton).

Melicliar adds one of the following species, L. leucaspis, Walk., as
a synonym of this species, but he places terminalis Walk. =^''icarius.
Walk, in the genus Centrotus ; he had, however, probably not seen
these fonns. Walker himself (List Horn. Suppl. p. 158) admitted
that his terminalis was a variety oiYaurus.

Bucktou gives to the specimen he identified as L. gazella the
habitat Ceylon, but I cannot corroborate it.

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2137. LeptocentrilS SUbstitutus, Walk. (Centrotus) List Horn, ii,

p. 60o (1851) ; Atkim. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 87 (1885) : Mdich.

Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 110 (1903).
^ Centrotus flexicorne, Walk. Ins. Saunrl, Horn. p. 78 (1858) ;

Atkins. (Centrotus ?) /. A. S. B. Iv, p. 197 (1886).
^ Centrotus obliquus, Walk. Ins. Saund., Horn. p. 79 (1858) ; Atkins.

(Centrotus ?) J. A. S. B. Iv, p. 197 (1886).

Closely allied to L. taurus, Fabr., but smaller ; posterior
pronotal process less arched at base and more obliquely straight,
the latei-al transverse posterior processes less prominently recurved
and their apices less acute. These characters appear to be
constant, and I have seen a very long series of specimens from
Ceylon.

Length 6 to 6| ; breadth lat, pronot. process. 4i to 5 millim.

Hah. North Bengal (Brit. Mas.) ; Calcutta (CoZ^. Dist.) ; Bombay
(Dixon). Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Elephant Pass, Balangoda, Colombo,
Yatiyantota, Kelani Valley (Qreen)..

The_ unique type of Walker's fexicome is in a mutilated
condition, but I have no doubt as to its identity.

" Frequents and breeds upon a thorny Capparis. Its larvse
mimic the thorns most effectively, as do also the adult insects.

30

^lEMEKACIDA".

The former rest head downwards, the Jatter head upwards, thus
briuging the curve of their spmes iu the right direction." (A\
E. Green in lift.)

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2138. Leptocentrus repon^ns, Walk. (Centrotus) List Bom. ii, p. 604

(1851); AtJdiis. (Leptocentnis) J.A.S.B. liv, p. 86 (1885);
^ Melich. (Centrotus) Horn. Faun. Cei/lon, p. 110 (1903).
Centrotus antilope, Stdl, Freq. Evq. Bern, Ins. p. 284 (1859) ; id.
0 (Leptocentrus) Of v. Tet.-Ak. Fork. p. 727 (1870).

Head, pronotum, and scutellum black ; face thickly ochraceously
pilose ; basal two-thirds of scutellum and lateral areas of sternum
cretaceously sericeous ; abdomen beneath black, more or less
sparingly cretaceously sericeous ; legs piceous ; tegmina pale
bronzy, base piceous and punctate, basal costal margin narrowly
piceous.

Allied to the two preceding species but differing by the shape
of the transverse pronotal processes, which are much broader above
and somewhat foliaceously convex at their anterior margins.

Length 0^ ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 5 millim.

Hah. IS^orth Bengal {Brit. Jlus.). Tenasserim ; Myitta
(DoJierty). — Sumatra ; Philippines.

Both Walker and Melichar included this species in their
enumeration of Cingalese M embracida>, but I have found no
example in the extensive collection made of these insects in
Ceylon by Mr. Grreen.

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2139. Leptocentrus leucaspis. Walk. (Centrotus) List Mom. Suppl.

p. 158 (1858) ; Buckt. (Leptocentrus) Monogr. Membrac. p. 235
t. liii, f. 3, «,6 (1903).
^ Centrotus taurus, Walk, {nee Fair.) List Horn, ii, p. 602 (1851).

Head, pronotum, and scutellum black ; basal two-thirds of
scutellum and lateral areas of sternum cretaceously sericeous ;
abdomen beneath black, legs piceous ; tegmina shining ochraceous,
the costal margin, obscurely^ at base, black; pronotum coarsely

Lc2jtocciitru)> Iciicaxp

punctate; the lateral transverse processes slender, centrally
cariuate above and somewhat strongly recurved ; the posterior
process tricarinate above, recurved from near base and touching

LEPTOCEKXUUS.

31

the apex of the interior margin of tegmina whicli ai-e i)uiictate at
base.

Length 7 to 9 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 44 to t milhin.

Hah. Chatrapur (>S'<e/>6uu/), Dum Dum (Falva). Ceylon ; Kandy,
Pnndaluoya, Maskeliya, Peradeniya (r/z-^o;).— Phihppines {ColJ.

Dist.). o ,

This and the following species L. me^^histoiiheles are to be
distinguished by the long and slender lateral transverse
pronotal processes.

2140. Leptocentrus mephistopheles, Ihicht. Momn/r. M^mhmc
]). :>35, t. liii, f. 4 (1903).

Buckton thus describes this species :— " This insect differs from
^L. lenmspis in wanting the white tomentose patches on the
dorsum and in the browner colour of the prouorum. The
abdomen of the male is stout and ringed and the pronotal
posterior is shorter and rather more curved. The supra-humeral s
ai-e somewhat slender, but variation is common as to their
curvatures. The tegmina are hyaline."

Buckton's unique tvpe is now in my possession but in a
mutilated condition; 'the colour of the legs is a distinctive
character as compared with^L. leucaspis, very pale ochraceous, the
femora (excluding apices) and the apices of the tarsi piceous ; the
tegmina are pale ochraceous, subhyaline ; otherwise it seems (so
far as a crushed specimen allows comparison to be made) to
conform to the general characters of Walker's species.

Length 8 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 5 millim.

Hah. Sikhim {Filcher).

2141. Leptocentrus longispinus, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, body beneath, and legs black, more or less
longly palely pilose ; base of scutellum and lateral areas of sternum
cretaceously sericeous; tegmina pale ochraceous, subhyaline,
extreme base and broad costal area to apex black; prqnotum
coarselv punctate, somewhat thickly longly pilose on disk and
front ; the lateral processes very long, as seen from above moder-
ately 'regularly cur\-ed backward, prominently longitudinally
carinate near* posterior margin, the anterior margin a httle
upwardly recurved, apex subacute, as seen in front much narrower,
widely divergent, obliquely directed upward ; posterior process
slender, tricarinate, moderately curved to apex which passes the
posterior angle of the inner margin of tegmina, widely separated
from scutellum, impinging on tegmina at apex, the central
cariuation finely continued tlirough pronotum ; face thickly longly
pilose ; tegmina punctate at base ; legs pilose.

Length 9; breadth lat. pronot. process. 9 millim.

Hah. Burma {Brit. Mus.).

A species to be recognized by- the length of the lateral pronotal
processes.

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2142. leptocentrus ustus, Bucht. Monocjr. Memhmc. ]). 236, t. liii,

f. 7 (1903).

The type of this species is not to be found in the Bucktou
collection. The description is as follows : — " Small, nearly black
in coloui'. Posterior horn very slender and thin at the base.
Tegmina Instrous, with fine bro\\n ueui-ation. Abdomen stout
and nearly as long as the tegmina. Tibiae slightly flattened.

" Size 5x3 mm."

Hah. " Ceylon, Madras."

2143. Leptocentrus msignis, sp. n.

Head and pronotum black : scutelltim, lateral margins of
pronotum, and the sternum cretaceously sericeous ; abdomen
beneath black, more or less cretaceously sericeous ; legs black,
apices of femora, the intermediate and posterior tibiae and the
tarsi (excluding apices) ochraceous ; tegmina pale bronzy, base and
costal area piceous ; pronotum thickly and finely punctate and
pilose, frontally palely pilose; lateral transverse processes somewhat
short, roundly recurved, tricarinate above, their apices subacute ;
posterior process slender, tricarinate above, obliquely recurved, the
central carination continued through pronotum ; face thickly palely
pilose ; tegmina with the basal and costal piceous areas thickly
punctate ; scutellum about as long as broad.

Length 0 to 6| ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3| millim.

i/ai. '^icobar Islands ; jVankauri (i^o^^-.t).— Borneo ; Muching
{Heivitt).

The type of this species is a Bornean specimen, that from the
Nicobars being somewhat mutilated. It may be distinguished by
the totally white scutellum and the broad lateral white margins to
the pronotum.

Genns NILAUTAMA, nov.
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Type, N. typica, Dist.

Distribution. Tenasserim.

Pronotum slightly elevated at base ; the lateral transverse
processes broad,"robust, a little directed upward and very slightly
apically recurved, strongly carinate behind middle ; posterior process
short, slender, emitted a little above base of pronotum, well elevated
above scutellum and continued a little obliquely upward, the apex
acute and almost extending to the point of the posterior angle of
the inner margin of the tegmina ; scutellum shox'ter than broad,
its apex emarginate ; tegmina ampliated towards middle and
obtusely angularly narrowed at apex, w^ith four apical areas ;
legs simple.

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2144. Nilautama typica, sp. n.

Head and pronotum black ; scutellum (excluding apex) and
lateral margins of sternum cretaceously sericeous ; legs pale
castaneous ; tegmina brouzy-ochraceous ; costal ai'ea somewhat

CEXTROTl'PUS. 33

broadly black ; front of proiiotam and face palely pilose ; pronotum
coarsely punctate, lateral transverse processes as seen from above
broad, carinate behind middle, apex roundly truncate and a little

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Fig. 26. — Nilautainn typka.

recurved, as viewed in front narrow and obliquely npwardly
divergent ; posterior process tricarinate, apex acutely narrowed ;
tegmina coarsely punctate at base.

Leugth 7; breadth lat. pron(^ process. 4| millim.

Hah. "^India" {Brit. JIus.). Tenasserim-' Myitta (Dolierty).

^ Ceutrotvpus, Stal, Hem. Aft: iv, p. 88 (1866) ; id. Of v. Vet.-Ak.
Forluimd, p. 281 5 Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 87 (1885).

Type, C. amplicornis, Stal, from Cambodia.

Distribution. Oriental and Malayan Eegions.

Face gradually narrowed from base, without basal lobes on each
side ; posterior pronotal process not sinuated on each side from
base to scutellum, never well separated from scutellum, gradually
narrowed and covering the wliole or almost the whole of the scu-
tellum ; posterior pronotal area distinctly centrally carinate, the
carination either not or very obsoletely continued anteriorly, where
it is replaced by a somewhat smooth line; sides of scutellum not
prominent ; scutellum only a little, seldom twice, as broad as the base
of the posterior pronotal process ; tegmina with five apical areas,
costal and radial areas abbreviated at about the same distance
from base.

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2145. Centrotjrpus fle^OSUS, Fabr. (Membracis) Ent. Syst. iv, p. 12
(1794^ ; id. (Centrotus) Syst. Rhyny^. 18 (1803) : Fairm. Ann.
Soc. Ent. Fr. 1846, p. 516 ; Stal (Centrotypus), Hem. Fabr. ii,
p. 51 (1869) ; id. Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1869, p. 286 ; Atkins.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 87 (1885) ; Buckt. Monogr. Membrac. p. 2-37,
Q t. liv, f. 1 (1903).
Centrotus anchorage, Guer. Icon. Bey. An. t. lix, f. 4 (1829-44).

Pronotum very dark indigo-blue ; face, body beneath and legs
dull black, more or less thickly, shortly, palely pilose : tegmina
very pale ochraceous, the apical area broadly castaneous, the base
and costal and radial areas bluish-black; pronotum coarsely
punctate ; the lateral transverse processes as seen from above
broad, laminate, wrinkled, apically obliquely truncate, posteriorly

VOL. IV. D

34

MEMBBACID^.

cariDate, as frontally A'iewed narrow and apically upwardly
recurved ; posterior process not detached from tegmina, tricarinate,

Fig. 27. — Cvniroiupus JJcxuosuf

robust ; lateral areas oblique and concave, coarsely punctate
between the carinatious.

Length 10 ; breadth lat. pronot, process. 8 to 8| uiillim.

Hah. Sylhet,'15ik^im,^ Assam {Coll. Dist.). Shillong, Sibsagar
(Ind.Ihis.). ''Burma; Arraksin (Coll. Dist.). 'Tenasserim ; Myitta
(DoJiert)/).— Malacca (Castelnau, Bucldon Coll.). ''Perak {Doherty).

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2146. Centrotypus assamensis, Fainn. (Centrotus) Ann. Soc. Ent-
Fr. 184(i, p. 517 ; Stdl (Centrotvpus), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1869,
p. 286; Dist. J. A. S. B. xlviii, p. 38 (1879); Atkins. J. A.
S. B. liv, p. 88 (1885).
^Centrotus costalis, Walk. Ins. Smrnd., Horn. p. 82 (1858).

In general coloration this species is scarcely to be differentiated
from C. Jfexuosus, but the lateral transverse pronotal processes are
less dilated, more convexly oblique and subacute apically, and

Fi^. 28. — Centrolyinis assamcm^

above with a more or less distinct anterior, as well as a very
distinct posterior carination. These transverse processes, while
thus to be always distinguished from those of C.fexuosus, are still
variable in'^C. assamensis in length and in apical recurvence.

Length 10 to 11 : breadth lat. pronot. process. 8 to 9| millim.

Bah."- Assam {Coll. Dist.). " Sikhim and Pankabar {Ind. Mvs.).
Burma; Eangoon (Co/?. D/s^). ^Tenasserim; My\iia{Doherty).
I Malay Peninsula ; Province Wellesley {Distant). '^'^-"^

Siam.

2147. Centrotypus securis, Buckt. Monor/r. Monhrac p. 238, t. liv,
f. 4 (190.:3).
Pronotum black : face thickly ochraceou sly pilose ; body beneath

CENTROTYPUS. 35

and legs piceous, thickly ochraceously pilose ; tegmiua shiuing
ochraceoiis, a broad subcostal longitudinal fascia occupying pos-
terior half of radial area and continued to apex, reaching costal
margin on apical area, black ; pronotuni coarsely punctate ; the
lateral transverse processes long, somewhat broad and flat, tri-
carinate, the two posterior carinations closer together, apex broad,
roundly oblique ; posterior process long, passing the exterior angle
of inner margin, punctate, tricarinate, apically acute ; tegmina
with the black apical costal area coarsely punctate ; tarsi pale
castaneous.

Length 10 ; breadth lat. pronot, process. 10 millim.

HahyHik^im ; Mungphu (Brit. Mus.). Naga Hills {DoJierty).
— Nilgiri Hills {Hampson). Bombay {Divon). "^Burma; Euby Mines
{Dohertij).

This species can be easily separated from the preceding two by
the longer and tricarinate transverse pronotal processes, the longer
and more apically acute posterior process, and the different colour
of the tegmina.

2148. Centrotjrpus ortus, sp. n.

Head and pronotum black, apical margin of pronotal front and
the face ochraceously pilose ; body beneath and legs fuscous ;
tegmina shiuing ochraceous, costal ai*ea from base to apex black ;
pronotum thickly finely punctate, anteriorly bi-oad and rounded;
lateral transA^erse processes short, moderately recurved, bicarinate,
the first carination about middle, the other behind it ; posterior
process slightly raised above tegmiua at base, tricarinate above, its
apex acute and reaching outer angle of interior margin ; tegmina
with the black costal area punctate.

Length 11 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. S miUim.

Hah. Trivandrum {Coll. DisL). /

Resembling C. securis, Buckt., by the somewhat similar colour
of the tegmina, but to be recognized by the anteriorly broad
and rounded pronotum, the bicarinate transverse pronotal pro-
cesses, and the shorter posterior process.
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2149. Centrotypus flavescens, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, body beneath and legs ochraceous, apices of the
lateral pronotal processes pale castaneous ; tegmina hyaline, the
venation ochraceous, base and the whole of costal and subcostal
areas from base to apex very pale castaneous ; pronotum coarsely
punctate ; the lateral processes longly produced, moderately broad,
apically recurved, centrally longitudinally carinate behind middle,
apex oblique ; posterior process becoming gradually narrower from
base to apex, which passes the posterior angle of the inner margin
of tegmina, laterally and centrally carinate, the central carination
finely continued through pronotum ; tegmina distinctly pilose on
the darker opaque coloration at extreme base, and sometimes with
a small, transverse, pale castaneous spot near end of clavus.

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36 MEMBRACIDiE.

Length 10 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 71 to 8 millim.

Hah. " India " {Brit. Mus.).

Two specimens with no more pi'ecise locality than the above are
contained in the National Collection. The peculiar pale coloration
alone renders this species very distinct.

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21.50, Centrotypus asmodeus, sj). n.

Black, legs brown ish-ochraceous ; tegmina subhyaline, talc-like,
oblique basal area, costal and radial areas more or less black, apical
area and a spot near base bronzy-brown ; pronotuni thickly, some-
what finely punctate ; lateral processes as seen from above
marginally laminate, with a strong carination before posterior
margin, apices narrowed and obliquely rounded, as viewed from
the front narz'ow and obliquely dii'ected upward ; posterior process
much narrowed beyond middle, tricarinate above, the central
carination acutely raised, apex acute and very slightly passing the
posterior angle of the inner margin ; tegmina only punctate at
extreme base, the oblique blackish basal area occupying about one-
third of tegmen ; legs normal.

Length 6 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. -1 millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta (DoJierty).

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2151. Centrotypus ater, Buckt. Monogr. Membrac. p. 238, t. liv, f. .5
(1903).

This species is not to be found in the Buckton Collection and I
can therefore only reproduce the original description.

" Whole pronotum dull black. Suprahumerals stout, broad,
acute and slightly recurved. Pronotum quite covers the abdomen
and legs. Tegmina with thick brown nervures, with the costal
areas brown and eacli with a dark triangular spot at the basal
margin ; the membrane other\\ise is hyaline. The pronotum is
arcuate in front, but allows the head and eyes to be visible above."
{Buckton.)

" Size 14 X 11 mm."

Hah. Burma ; Euby Mines {Doherty).

^ Genus EMPHUSIS.
■^Emphusis, Buckt. Monogr. Membrac. p. 256 (1903).

Type, E. ohesus, Fairm., from Java *.

Distribution. Oriental and Malayan Regions.

Buckton diagnoses this genus as follows : — "Pronotum without
suprahumeral horns, tumid and crescentic in form, much punctured.
Tegmina variegated with rich brown. Hind tarsi short."

The pronotal lateral processes are, however, well developed, but
subhorizontally directed and apically recurved and in a continuous

* E. tunuscens, Buckt.=£'. obesus, Fairm.

line with the crescentic anterior margin of the prpnotum. This
is the real and sufficient character which separates^in^j/utsis from
^Centrotiipus.

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2152. Emphusis malleus, Walk. (Ceuti-otus) Lkt Horn, ii, p. 613
(18.51).
<5 Centrotypus obesus, Atkins, (part.) J. A. S. B. liv, p. 88 (I880) ;
Melich. (part.) Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 116 (1903).

Pronotum indigo-black ; head, body beneath and legs dull black,
finely pilose; tegmiua stramineous, extreme base, costal and radial
ai'eas black, apical area bronzy-brown ; pronotum coarsely
punctate, anteriorly broad and rounded ; the lateral transverse

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Fig. 29. — Emplmsis malleus.

processes somewhat short, recurved, posteriorly bicarinate above,
their apices broadly subacute ; the posterior process somewhat
broad and very strongly tricarinate above, its apex acute and very
slightly passing the posterior angle of the inner margin, the
central carination only continued on the basal area of the
pronotum ; tegmiua m ith the black basal, costal and radial areas
punctate ; anterior legs not prominently incrassate.

Length 8| ; breadth lat. pronot. process, 6 millim.

Hah.^Cejion ; Kalutara (Green).

Stfil (Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Eorh. 1869, p. 286), and Atkinson and
Melichar (supra) treat this^species as a synonym of'^C'. ohesus,
Fairm. = malleator. Walk. = malleohis, Walk. The latter, however,
is a distinct Javan species in which the pronotal angles are much
more obtuse than in C.'^ialleus, Walk.

Genus PERIAMAN, nov.

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Type, F.flavolineatus, Buckt.

Distribution. Oriental and Malayan Regions.

Face strongly emarginate before clypeus ; pronotum frontally
roundly oblique ; the lateral processes moderately broad and trans-
verse, not prominently gibbous before posterior process which is
robust, gradually narrowing to apex but not extending beyond the
posterior angle of the inner margin of tegmina ; tegmina broad,
apical areas long and five in number; femora moderately thickened,
tibiae simple.

The'Centrotas Umbatus, Walk., from Borneo also finds a place in
this genus.

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2153. Periaman flavolineatus, Budd. (Centrotus) Monoyr. Memhmc.
p. 247 (190-3).

^ Pronotum castaneous, lateral margins connected with a central
line before face and angularly connected with same before middle
of posterior process, ochraceous ; face and body beneath castaneous
but thickly palely pilose, apical half of abdomen castaneous ; legs
ochraceous ; tegmina ochraceous, the veins castaneous, basal area

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Fig. 30. — Pcria/iian jla volineai its.

pale fuscous, apical area bronzy and talc-like ; pronotum coarsely
punctate, the central ochraceous line levigate, the others punctate ;
lateral transverse processes as seen from above moderately short
and broad, directed upward, the anterior margins laminate,
centrally strongly carinate, apices narrowed and obtusely acute,
viewed from front narrow and obliquely directed upward ;
jjosterior process strong, tricarinate above, the central carination
acute, narrowed beyond middle, extreme apex acute and slightly
passing the posterior angle of the inner margin ; tegmina punctate
at base ; legs normal .

Length 9 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 4| millim.

Hah. Mergui {Ind. Mus.). ^ Tenasserim ; Myitta (DoJierii/).

This species is allied to^'entrotus limhatus, Walk., from Borneo.

2154. Periaman pyropinus, sp. n.

Pronotum castaneous-brown, base of frontal area and the face

piceous; a narrow central carination, a frontal line to lateral

processes and a posterior line to same continued to the margins

Periaman pyropin us.

of the posterior process ochraceous, posterior process with the
basal area ochraceous, the apical area piceous ; body beneath
piceous ; femora black, their apices and the whole of the tibiie and

OTINOTUS. 39

tarsi ochraceous, claws black ; tegmina pale bronzy, semihyaliue,
darker, more opaque and punctate at basal area; prouotum coarsely
punctate, palely pilose ; lateral processes as seen from above long,
somewhat slender, upwardly obliquely ascendant, apically strongly
recurved, their apices acute ; posterior process robust, passing
posterior angle of inner margin of tegmina, strongly centrally and
laterally carinate ; tibiae somewhat longly pilose.

Length 6 ; breadth lat. prouot. process. 3 millira.

Hah. ^urma ; Euby Mines {Dolierty).

^ Genus OTINOTUS.
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Otinotus, Bucld. Monocji-. Memhrac. p. 202 (190.3).

Type, 0. ammon, Buekt.*

Distribution. Oriental Region.

Face gradually narrowed from base ; pronotum with produced
transverse lateral angles either directed horizontally or forwardly ;
posterior process slender, sinuate, scarcely or only a little separated
from the scutellum, but as a rule not elevated above the tegmina,
its central carination continued through the pronotum ; tegmina
with five apical ai-eas ; scutellum about as broad as long, its apex
emarginate ; legs simple.

A. Posterior pronotal process not passing tlie p>osterior
angle of inner margin of tegmina.
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2155. Otinotus ammon, BucU. Monoqr. Memhrac p. 2.3-3, t. Hi, f. 6rt
(1903).

Body and legs black or dark piceous ; front of prouotum, face,
and lateral areas of sternum strongly ochraceously pilose ; tegmina

Fifr. 32. — Otinotus ummon.

pale bronzy, black at base; pronotum coarsely punctate; the
lateral pronotal processes as seen from above narrow, transverse,
slightly recurved, strongly centrally carinate, tlieir apices subacute ;
posterior process slender, distinctly separated at base from
scutellum, sinuate, narrowed at apex which about reaches the

^ * Buckton lias several distinct genei-a incluclecl in the species ot his geuus
Otinotus. ®(>. 1)clus, Buekt., is the tirst species enumerated, but the type is not in
his collection, nor is the locality known. His generic descriptiau is inadequate
I select I?, aninion as type ovOtinotus as here understood and described.

40 membeaciDjE.

posterior angle of the inner margin of tegmina ; tegmina punctate
on the black basal area ; posterior segmental margins to abdomen
beneath dull ochraceous.

Length 7 to 8 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 4 millim.
yy^lS"'' Hah. Nilgiri Hills (IIamj)Son).

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2156. Otmotus pallipes, sp. n.

Head and pronotum black; femora piceous-brown, tibipD and
tarsi pale ochraceous, extreme apices of tibiae and tarsi black :
tegmina very pale bronzy-ochraceons, base black, beyond which
there is a narrow distinct transverse area which is paler in hue
than the general bronzy tint ; sternum and abdomen beneath
black ; pronotum coarsely punctate ; lateral processes as seen from
above strongly recurved, centrally carinate, gradually narrowing
to apices AAhich are subacute, as viewed in front narrower and
more upwardly directed ; posterior process sinuate, not extending
beyond the posterior angle of the inner margin of the tegmina,
strongly tricarinate, the central carination finely continued thi'ough
the pronotum : tegmina punctate on the black basal area.

Length G ; breadtli lat. pronot. process. 3 to 3| millim.

Hah. ^urma ; Karen Hills (Doheriy).

Allied to 0. ammon, but with the lateral pronotal processes much
more strongly recurved ; colour of legs different, &c.

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2157. Otinotus rufescens, sp. n.

Head, pronotum and legs testaceous-red ; sternum and abdomen
beneath pieeous ; tegmina very pale bronzy-ochraceous, the base
narrowly pieeous ; pronotum obscurely punctate, finely pilose ;
lateral processes as seen from above almost horizontally produced,
narrowing to the apices which are subacute and at their extremities
very narrowly pieeous, centrally carinate, as viewed in front
appearing much narrower and more obliquely directed upward ;
posterior process closely impinging on tegmina, narrowing to apex
which is pieeous at extremity, and not passing the posterior angle
of the inner margin of tegmina, strongly centrally carinate, the
carination finely continued through pronotum ; legs pilose.

Length 6 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 4 to 4^ millim.

Hab. ^Tenasserim. ; Myitta {Doherty).

B. Posterior ])ronotal 2'>'>'0Cess i^cissing tlie posterior angle of inner
margin of tegmina.
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2158. Otinotus oneratus^ Walh. (Centrotus) Ins. Saund., Horn. p. 78

(18r)8); ««/ (Cenfrotvpus), 0>. Vet.-Ak. Torh. 1869, p. 28G;
Atkins. J. A. S. B. Iv^p. 196 (1886).
^Oxvrhacliis lionicola, BucM. Monogr. Memhrac. p. 224, t. xlix,
iQa,b (1903).

Castaneous or piceous-brown ; lateral areas of scutellum and

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sternum and apical margins of face cretaceously sericeous ; tegmina
pale semi-hyaline, talc-like, the base ochraceously opaque ; lateral
pronotal processes as seen from above somewhat slender, obliquely
upturned, apically a little recurved, centrally cariuate, gradually

Oliuotus oneratv.6.

narrowing from base to apex ; posterior process long, slender,
scarcely separated from scutellum and then sinuate, impinging on
tegmina, its apex passing the posterior angle of the inner margin
of tegmina ; tegmina punctate on the basal opaque area.

Length 6 to 7 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3 to 3^ millim.
■■ Hab. Calcutta; ''Bombay and Poona {CoU. Bist.); Catrapura
(Sfebbim/). Rauchi (Irvine) •'^S. India; Ramiseram. ''Ceylon;
Peradeniya, Elephant Pass, Jaffna ((rreeM). " ' .. ,

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2159. Otinotus pallescens, sp. n.

Body and legs brownish-ochraceous, finely pilose ; lateral areas
of the scutellum paler and more dull ochraceous ; tegmina pale
tawny, semi-opaque, the veins fuscous-brown ; pronotal lateral
processes as seen from above rather long, somewhat strongly
ascending, apically recurved, centrally cariuate, their apices only
obtusely acute, as viewed in front appearing narrower, with their
apices more acute ; posterior process long, scarcely ivaised above
scutellum, strongly cariuate above, the central carination con-
tinued through the pronotum, its apex piceous and considerably
passing the posterior angle of the inner margin of tegmina, its
whole length strongly sinuate and impinging on the tegmina.

Length 6 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3| millim.

Hab. ^Bombay (Dixon). Mainpuri,TJ.^. I.(TFa?;ou). Bangalore
(Cameron, Indian Mils.). ->.- •

A species to be recognized by its general pale tawny colour, the
pale tegmina with dai'kly coloured veins, the obtuse apices to the
lateral pronotal processes, &c.

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2100. Otinotus elongatus, sp. n.

Body and legs piceous-brown ; lateral areas of the sternum dull
cretaceously sericeous ; tegmina semi-hyaline, narro\\]y dull
piceously opaque at base, narrowly elongate, somewhat com-
pressed ; pronotum verj" tinely pilose : the lateral processes as seen
from above modei-ately broad, upwardly directed and apically
strongly recurved, centrally cariuate, apices subacute, as viewed

42 MEMBBACID.Ti.

in front these processes are much narrower in appearance ;
posterior process long, sinuate, impinging on tegmina, scarcely
elevated ahove scutellum, its apex considerably passing posterior
angle of inner margin of tegmina, tricarinate, the central carination
continued through pronotum.

Length 5 to 6 ; breadth lat. prooot. process. 3^ millim.

Hah. Calcutta {ColJ. Dist.). I- ' ' r^ •-

This species is distinct by its elongate and compressed form and
its pale semi-hyaline tegmina.

<^Pogou, Bucht. Monoffi: Memhrac. p. 248 (1903).

Type, P. incurvatum, Buckt.

Distribution. Ceylon.

This genus, judging from the unique typical specimen now
before me, has been founded on a mutilated specimen. Buckton
writes : " may be distinguished by its almost obsolete posterior
horn and by the curved neuration of the tegmina." The first
character does not exist and was described from the mutilated
type now in my collection. The posterior process is slender,
closely impinging on the tegmina and extends to or beyond the
posterior angle of the inner tegminal margin ; the veins to the
apical areas of the tegmina are strongly curved inwardly, and this
character will separate ^o«^o>i irom^Otinotus to which it has a
strong superficial resemblance. -^^"T ■ r^ ■

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2161. Pogon incurvatlim, Bucld. Monor/r. Memhrac. p. 248, t. Iviii
f. 6, a, h, c, (190:i).

Buckton's mutilated type is here figured and I add his original
description : — " 8uprahumerals stout and thorn-like, recurved and
divergent. 8cute]lum exposed and conspicuous " (this is only con-
sequent on the mutilated posterior pronotal process). "Posterior
horn very short, not so long as the scutellum and like it cleft at

the apex" (description of a mutilation). " Abdomen bi'oad, pale
umber-brown like the rest of the insect. Tegmina pointed, much
paler brown in colour, with darker fuscous waved markings, which
are partly followed by the curved dark neuration. The fine apical

poGOJf. 43

areas are bouuded by these curved nervures and those forming the
two discoidal ceUules. The posterior horn is less than half the
length of the abdomen " (this last character represents a
mutilation).

The lateral pronotal processes as seen from above are bicarinate,
with their apices obliquely truncate.

"Expanse 12; size G x 4 millim."

Hab.^ejlon (Green, Brit. 3Ius.); Pattipola (Green, Coll. Dist.).

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2162. Pogon atricoxis, Kirhy (Ceutrotiis),^j: Limi. Soc, Zoo!, xxiv,
p. 164 (1891) ; Melich. (part.) (Centruchus) Horn. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 113 (1903).

Head and pronotum black, very shortly greyishly pilose ; sternum
and abdomen beneath cretaceously sericeous ; legs castaneous,
finely greyishly pilose ; tegmina dark castaneous, paler towards
apex, the veins and costal and basal areas very finely and more
palely pilose ; pronotum finely obscurely punctate ; lateral pro-
cesses as seen from above transverse, apically recurved, bicarinate,

Togon air'uoxis.

their apices subacute, as viewed from in front much narrower
and their apices more acute ; posterior process slender, closely
impinging on the tegmina, finely laterally and ceiatrally carinate,
its apex passing the posterior angle of the inner margin of the
tegmina, which have a very small paler spot near posterior angle
of inner margin.

Length 6 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3| millim.

Haiy Ceylon ; Kandy, Nawalapitya (Green).

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2163. Pogon Capreum, Kirhy (Centrotus), J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv,
p. 168 (1891); 3Ie'lic/i {Centruchus) Horn. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 113 (1903) ; Bitckt. (Sextius) Monoc/r. Membrac. p. 228, t. 1,
f. 8 a (1903).

Head and pronotum purplish-brown, very finely, shortly and
more palely pilose ; sternum aud abdomen beneath more or less
cretaceously sericeous ; legs pale testaceous ; tegmina purplish-
brown, becoming more ochraceous on apical area, the A-eius and
costal and basal areas very finely and more palely pilose ; pronotum
finely punctate ; lateral processes as seen from above broadly sub-
triangular and apically recurved, bicarinate, apices subacute, as
viewed from the front much narrower and the apices more acute ;

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MEMBEACIDiE.

posterior processes slender, closely impinging on tegmina, finely
laterally and centrally caririate, the central carination continued
through pronotum, apex passing posterior angle of inner margin
of tegmina ; legs finely pilose.

Length 5| ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3 millim.

i/f«6y Ceylon ; Badulla, Maskeliya, Kandy, Pundaluoya {Green).

To be distinguished from the preceding species P. atricoxis by
the slightly shorter and more subtriangular pronotal lateral
processes.

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2164. Pogon auriculatum, StM (Leptobelus), Ofv. Vet.-Al: Fdrh.
1869, p. 1>85 ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 114 (1903).

" Ferruginous, punctulate, moderately silaceo-sericeous, thorax
above the lateral angles shortly cornuted, the processes short and

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Fig. 36. — Po(jon auricuhdiun.

compressed ; tegmina palely ferruginous-hyaline, base of clavus,
the Avhole of costal area, and radial area before middle and
out^vard]y behind middle ferruginous, opaque and punctate."
{Smi.)

This species is to be distinguished from the other examples of
the genus here previously enumerated, by the much shorter lateral
pronotal processes.

Length $ 5| millim.

IlabyQeylon {Siockholvi Miisenm).

I have not received this species myself from Ceylon and am
indebted to Dr. Yngve Sjtistedt of Stockholm for enabling me to
figure it.

2165. I'ogon? feYVUgiueVLm, MeNch. (Centruchus) Horn. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 114 (1903).

""Whole upper surface and underside rusty-yellow; face and
pronotum very thickly and finely punctured, bare, the lateral pro-
jections short, prismatic, directed obliquely upward and outward,
above with a very fine short keel, the hinder projection narrow,
impinging on the scutelhmi, towards the back pointed like a
thorn and weakly wave-like, curved, the tip slightly extending
beyond the tip of the clavus and sliij;htly arched downward, ridged
in middle and on sides, the middle keel on pronotum reduced and
very prominent ; scutellum longish, triangular, punctured, not
tomentose ; tegmina hyaline, rusty yellow, transversely wrinkled

CENTROTUS. 45

at the clavus, ou the base and along costa thickly and finely
punctured and traversed by rusty-yellow veins; wings hyaline,
with rusty-yellow veins ; pectus rusty-yellow ; anterior cox"fe and
clypeus brownish; abdomen pale yellow beneath, anterior coxse
near clypeus brownish; abdomen' below pale yellow and above
I'usty-yellow ; borders of abdominal segments reddish.

" This species is allied to atrkoxis, Kirby, but much more slender,
the lateral process short, and especially distinguished by the rusty-
jellow colour of the whole bodv." (Slelichar.)

" Length ^ & 2 5 millim." '

Hab. »^Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Henaratgoda (Jlde JlellcJiar).

I have not seen this species.

Division GENTROTUSARIA.

The fundamental character by which the CentroUisaria are to be
separated from the ]3revious divisions is found in the wings, which
have only three apical areas. The presence of pronotal 'lateral
processes divide it from the following division'^&'rtr^rt>'«;-/rt.

Synopsis of Genera.

A. Posterior pronotal process distinctly separate

from scutelhmi, moderately ampliate beneath

and impinginj^ on tegmina Centrotus, p. 45. ^

B. Posterior pronotal process rising obliquely

direct near base of pronotum and then
rectangnlarly directed to near posterior angle

of inner teg-minal

"lai'giii Anchox, p. 49.

€. Posterior pronotal process modoratelv short

and impinging on scutellum and tegmina . , Tricentrus p. 53. °

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^ Genus CENTROTUS.

Cmtxotm, Fabr. Si/st. Rhimg. p. 16 (1803); Sm, Hem. Afr. iv,
p. 88 (1806) ; Mehch. Horn. Faun. Ceijlo7i, p. 109 (1903).

Type, C. cornutus, Linn., a Palaearctic species.

Distrihution. Apparently found throughout the Eastern hemi-
sphere.

In this genus the posterior pronotal process is distinctly sepa-
rate and somewhat remote from the scutellum, then moderately
amphated beneath, the apical area slender and impinging on the
tegmma; anterior lateral processes of variable shape and size
generally, as in the species here included, longly produced. Stal,'
in his synopsis {supra\ gives the lateral angles 'as acuminate, but
this cannot be maintained for all the species which I have here
included iri Centrotus. The structure and position of the posterior
pronotal process is, however, apparently a constant character.

46 MEMBRACID-i:.

A. Anterior lateral pvonotal processes ohliquehj directed u/nvard.

2166. Centrotus indicatus, Meiich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon,^. Ill
(1903).

Piceous-brown, thickly ochraceously pilose ; lateral areas of the
sternum and a spot on each side of base of scutellum greyish -
ochraceous ; tegmina with a small pale spot near posterior angle
of inner margin ; lateral pronotal processes as seen from above

i 'ciilrutus indicatu>i

somewhat broad, obliquely upturned, bicarinate, their apices
obliquely truncate, as viewed from the front xevx much narrower,
with their apices subacute; the posterior process separate from the
scutellum, sinuate, placed close to the margins of the tegmina, the
central carinatiou very pronounced, the apex just passing the
posterior angle of the inner margin of the tegmina ; tegmina
punctate on basal area ; legs pilose.

Length 6 to 7; breadth lat. pronot. process. 4 millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Kandy, Badidla, Jaffna {Green) ; Eatnapura
District, Moruwale, Gamaduwa, Patipolla, Uva {CoJumho 2Ii(s.);
"Wehgama (Mus. Ilonr/rois).

Dr. Horvsith of Budapest kindly sent me a cotype of this
species for comparison.

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2167. Centrotus granulatus, Ktrby, J. Linn. Sac, Zool. xxiv,
p. IGO (18U1); Mdicli. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 110 (1903);
BucU. (Dauuus) Monogr. Mejnbrac. p. 226, 1. 1, f. 2 a (1903).

Piceous, greyishly-pilose ; an ochraceous spot near each lateral
angle of the scutellum ; lateral areas of the sternum testaceously
sericeous ; pronotiun granulose ; the lateral processes as seen from
above long, moderately ascendant, obliquely directed forward,
bicarinate, apices broad and truncate, as viewed in front much
narrower, more obliquely ascendant and the apices apparently
more acute ; posterior pronotal process about reaching the postei'ior
angle of the inner margin of the tegmina, robust, centrally and
latei-ally carinate, vceW separated from the scutellum at base, after
which it is ampliated beneath and impinges on the tegmina, thence
gradually narrowed to apex ; tegmina with the veins pilose ; body
beneath and legs thickly pilose.

Length 8 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 5| to 6 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Kandy, Pundaluoya (G-'rce^i); Kalanda, Patipolla
(^fide Melichar).

CENTROTUS.

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2168. Centrotus bioculatus, Kirbi/, J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. 16G
(1891) ; Melich. Horn. Fau'n. Ceylon, p. Ill (1903).

Head and pronotum purplish-black ; two spots in centre oB front
and a spot on each side of base of scutelluin greyish-sericeous ;
lateral areas of sternum and abdomen beneath more or less very

Fig. •i'i.— Ccni}-oim hiurnlafns.

pale ochraceously sericeous ; legs purplish-brown, palely pilose ;
tegmina castaneous-browu, the inner area hyaline, which is darker
on basal half owing to the reflection of the abdomen beneath ;
pronotum coarsely granulose ; the lateral processes as seen from
above long, broad, obliquely ascendant, bicarinate, the apices
truncate, as viewed in front narrower, with the apices apparently
more acute ; posterior process at base only moderately raised above
the scutellum, centrally and laterally carinate, the central cari-
nation continued through pronotum, its apex slightly passing the
posterior angle of the inner margin of the tegmina, modei-ately
ampliated beneath beyond basal area and impinging on the
tegmina.

Length 9 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. G millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Maskeliya, Pundaluoya {Green); Haputale,
Newera Ellya {fide MeUcliar).

2169. Centrotus ramosus, sp. n.

Head and pronotum black; tegmina piceous ; a small spot at
each basal angle of scutellum and the lateral areas of the stern uni

CcH.troius raiHusiis.

ochraceously sericeous ; legs piceous ; pronotum coarsely granu-
lose, lateral process as seen from above very long and obliquely

48 MEMBRACID,!:.

fisceudant, the apical areas considerably widened and slightly
recurved, tricarinate, the carinations transversely connected before
apex which is truncate, as viewed in front narrower but the apex
broad with the edges recurved ; posterior process well separated
from the scutellum, beyond which it is ampliated beneath and
impinges on the tegmina, tricarinate, the central carination finely
continued on pronotum, the apex passing the posterior angle of
the inner margin of tegmina ; tegmina with a small pale spot near
apex of claval area and narrowly black and punctate at base.

Length 8 ; breadth lat. pronot, process. 7 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Udagama (CoZZ. -Di'sf.).

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211Q. Centrotus angustulus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 112 (1903).

" Small and slender, similar to cupreus, but nearer granulatus
in the form and position of the lateral pronotal projections ;
whole body rusty-brown, face and pronotum thickly punctate and
sparingly greyishly hirsute; in middle of pronotum a longitudinal
keel produced on posterior process ; lateral processes directed more
upward and for^A-ard, at base rather broad, tip slightly narrowed,
at end almost' straightly truncated, front corners rounded ofE,
hinder forming a sharp corner, provided above with a keel which
runs into the sharp corner, beneath with two truncated longitu-
dinal keels, the front corner of lateral processes somewhat sharp-
ened ; posterior process narrow, prismatic, distinctly wave-like,
curved, at base of scutellum somewhat standing away, directed
downward ; tegmina rusty-brown, punctured at base and on costal
margin ; wings hyaline, strongly shining ; scutellum longish, tri-
angular, not tomentose ; pectus yellowish-white, thickly tomentose ;
abdomen rusty-brown, sparingly haired with greyish-white on the
belly ; legs rusty -yellow, claws dark." (Melichar.)

" Length 2 5 millim."

Hab. Ceylon ; Pundaluoya.

I have not seen this species.

B. Anterior lateral pronotal processes neither oblique nor ascendant,

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2171. Centrotus transversus, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, body beneath and legs black ; a spot at each
basal angle of scutellum and the anterior lateral areas of the
sternum ochraceously sericeous ; legs ochraceous ; tegmina dark
castaneous-brown ; pronotum coarsely granulose ; the lateral pro-
cesses as seen from above broad, horizontally extended, bicarinate,
the anterior carination more or less imperfect, the apices broadly
truncate, their anterior angle rounded, their posterior angle obtusely
acute, as viewed in front apparently very much narrower ; posterior
process robust, tricarinate, the central carination continued through
pronotum, distinctly separated fi-om scutellum, where and for a
short distance beyond which it is amphated beneath and then
gradually narrowed to apex, which is acute and passes the posterior

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angle of the inner margin of teginina ; tegmina a little darker at
base and on costal area, where they are obscurely punctate ; leg.s
sparingly ochraceously pilose.

Length 10 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 8 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Margherita {Coll. Dist.).

Genus ANCHON.

^ Anchon, Buckt. Monocjr. Membrac. p. 214 (1903).
Platybelus, Stdl (part.), aa, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 9G (1860).

Type, A. nodicomis, Fairm., a South-African species.

Distribution. Ethiopian and Oriental Eegions.

Front well bent outwardly, the apex not prominent ; pronotum
above lateral angles produced into strong processes directed
obliquely u])\\ard and at apices strongly recurved, posterior process
rising obliquely direct near base of pronotum and then rectangu-
larly directed to about or beyond the posterior angle of the inner
margin of the tegmina ; scutellum about as broad as long ; tegmina
with five apical areas (as computed by Stal)*; wings with three
apical areas ; tibiae simple.

According to Buckt on : " This genus may be chiefly distinguished
by the almost rectangular attachment of the posterior border of
the pronotum to the short upright process springing from the
dorsum. This is carried horizontally and quite tree from the
scutellum. The suprahumerals are rather varied in form, some
being clavate and others being more arcuate in shape."

The ger\\\fi*-'Anchon, in fact, really represents Stal's section aa
of his geim^Flatybelus (Hem. Afr. iv, p. 96).

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2172. Anchon pilosam, Walk. (Centrotus) List Horn, ii, p. 606 (1851) •
Stal (Xiphopoeus), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1869, p. 285 ; Atkins.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 83 (1885) ; Melich. (part.) (Platybehis) Horn.
Faun. Ceylon, p. 119 (1903).

Head and pronotum brownish-testaceous, strongly greyishly

Fig. 40. — Anchon pilosum.

pilose, posterior pronotal process from near base pale ochraceous
with the apex black ; body beneath thickly greyishly pilose ; legs

* This is an uncertain character owing to the different methods of com-
putation used by describers.

TOL. IT. B

50 MEMBBACID^.

pale testaceous, greyislily pilose ; tegmina greyish, semi-opaque,
talc-like, somewhat prismatic, the veins very pale brownish, a
brown marginal spot near apex of inner margin and a piceous
stigmatical spot ; lateral pronotal processes as seen from above
broad, directed obliquely upward, their apices a little widened, the
apical margin subtruncate with an obliquely raised angulation
beyond middle, behind which it is obliquely concavely excavate ;
posterior process obliquely erect at base and then obliquely and
sinuately directed backward, becoming gradually more slender to
apex, wiiich is acute and extends to a little beyond the posterior
angle of the inner margin of the tegmina, strongly centrally ridged
above, the ridge extending through the pronotum but very faintly
seen in front ; tegmina wrinkled, the base dai-ker and more
opaque.

Length 5 ; breadth lat. pronot. process, 3| millim.

Hah. '']<i. India" (Brit. Museum). Bombay (Di.vo7i). Ceylon;
Peradeniya ( Green).

The unique type in the British Museum is here figured,

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2173. Anchon ulniforme, Buckt. Monorp: Memhmc. p. 216, t. xlix,
f. l,rt(1903).

Umber-brown ; pronotum with a cretaceous sericeous line on
each side, commencing behind each lateral process and continued
at base of scutellum (in Buckton's type, here figured, this line is

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Fig. 41, — Anchon ulniforme.

nearly obliterated) ; lateral areas of the sternum cretaceously
sericeous ; tegmina umber-brown, the apical area more or less
hyaline with the veins brown, a prominent brown spot at posterior
angle of inner margin ; legs and posterior pronotal process beyond
base pale brownish-ochraceous, apex of the latter and femora
(excluding apices) piceous; pronotum thickly pilose; lateral pronotal
processes as seen from above broad, strongly ridged behind middle,
their apices ampliate and truucate, strongly angulate posteriorly,
after which they are concave and lobate on posterior margins,
viewed from the front they are narrow and recurved, the apices
appearing subacute ; the posterior process at basal elevation is
inwardly angulate and then obliquely and somewhat sinuately con-
tinued to just beyond posterior angle of inner margin of tegmina.

Length 6 ; breadth lat, pronot. process, 3| millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Dolierty).

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2174. Anchon echmatum, sp. u.

Umber-brown ; pronotum thickly, longlj^ grejashly pilose, with
a cretaceous sericeous line on each side, commencing behind each
lateral process and continued at base of scutellum ; legs and pos-
terior pronotal process beyond base brownish-ochraceous, the apex
of the latter and femora (excluding apices) piceous ; tegmina
umber-brown, which becomes much paler at base and exhibits a

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AncJioii ecldnatitm.

prominent brown spot at posterior angle of inner margin ; pro-
notal lateral processes as seen above broad and flattened, their
margins finely spinous, their apices ampliate, convexly truncate,
concavely sinuate posteriorly, the posterior angle broadly subacute ;
the posterior process with fine spinules, a httle inwardly prominent
at basal elevation and then obliquely and slightly sinuately con-
tinued to just beyond posterior angle of inner margin of tegmina.

Length 0 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3| millim.

Hah. Teuasserim : Myitta {Dolierty).

Allied to^. ulniforme, but differing by the shape of the pronotal
lateral processes and by the spinous condition of all the pronotal
processes.

2175. Anchon rectangulatum, Kii-by (Centrotus), /. Linn. Soc, Zool.
xxiv, p. 106 (1891).
Platvbelus pilosus (part), Melich. Honi. Faun. Ceylon, p. 119
(1903).

Pronotum fuscous-brown, thickly, longly, greyisbly pilose, on

Fig. 43. — Anchon rectangulatum.

each side a cretaceous sericeous line commencing behind each
lateral process and continued on base of scutellum ; legs ochraceous-

52 MJSMBRAClD.i;.

brown, femora (excluding apices) piceous ; tegmiua greyish, opaque,
base dark fuscous, a little paler on apical area where there are two
brown marginal spots, one at apex, the other near posterior angle
of inner margin ; lateral pronotal processes as seen from above
broad, flattened, strongly ampliated at apices, broadly convexly
rounded anteriorly, strongly angularly produced behind middle,
then concavely sinuate and again more obtusely angulate, as
viewed from the front much narrower, more recurved, their apices
appearing biangulate ; posterior process almost unicolorous, some-
what prominently incurved at basal elevation and obliquely and
somewhat sihuately continued to beyond posterior angle of inner
margin of tegmina.

Length 5 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3| millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Anuradhapura, Pundaluoya {Green).

The species figured by Buckton as rectangidatum (Monogr.
Membrac. p. 215, t. xlviii, f. 3, a, h) is very doubtfully that
species. Melichar states that it is identical Avith pilosum. Walk.,
which the figures of the two species (types) here given will
correct.
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2176. Anchon dirce, Budd. Monoyr. Memhnw. p. 210, t. xlix, f. 2
(1903).

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This species is allied to A. rectangidatora and differs principally
by the greater space between the lateral and posterior pronotal

Fig. 44

processes, the less convex anterior apical margins, and the less
angulated medial apical prolongation of the lateral pronotal
processes.

Length 6 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 4 millim.

Hah. Ceylon {Thwaites, Hope Coll.) ; Kandy {Green).

The type in the Hope Museum, Oxford, is here figured.

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2177. Anchon brevis, sp. n.

Pronotum and scutellum black, moderately greyishly pilose,
a cretaceous sericeous line on each side of pronotum commencing
behind each lateral process and continued along base of scutellum ;
legs ochraceous, femora (excluding apices) piceous ; tegmina talc-
like, subbyaline, the veins ochraceous or brownish-ochraceous, the

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base piceous and with a prominent brown spot at apex and near
posterior angle of inner margin ; pronotal lateral processes as seen

Fig. 45. — Anchoii hrcviit.

fromabove broad, somewhat flat, their apices much as in A. rectangu-
latum ; posterior processes very short, curved, not extending beyond
apex of clavus.

Length 5; breadtli lat. pronot. process. 3| millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Anuradhapura (6rn'^n).

The short posterior pronotal process sufficiently distinguishes
this species.

^ Genus TRICENTRUS.

° Tricentnis, Stdl, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 89 (18GG) ; id. Of v. Vet.-AA: Fork.
1869, p. 283 ; id. tom.'cit. 1870, p. 7:^8.

^ Taloipa, BiicU. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. is, p. 334 (1905).
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Type, T. convergens., Walk., from the Philippines.

Distribution. Oriental, Malayan, and Australasian Regions.

Body ovate or oblong-ovate : pronotum with posterior process
longer than broad, the lateral angles prominent or cornuted, the
posterior process moderately short, not remote from scutellum ;
posterior trochanters inwardly armed with spinnles ; tegmina
somewhat short and broad, apical areas five ; wings with three
apical areas ; scutellum about equally broad as long.

Stal relied largely on the inwardly spinulose posterior trochanters,
which is a good but somewhat difficult or obscure character to always
distinguish.

A. Jlead and pronotum hlacl:
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217S. Tricentrus gibbosulus, Walk. (Centrotus) Ins. Saund., Horn.
p. 80 (1858) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. Iv, p. 198 (188G).

Head, pronotum, body beneath and legs piceous, somewhat
thickly and very finely pilose ; tibiae, tarsi and apices of femora
testaceous ; tegmina pale bronzy-brown, base piceous-black ; lateral
pronotal processes as seen from above short, broad, slightly up-
turned, the anterior margin rounded, the posterior margin
obliquely straight, apex obtusely acute and slightly recurved,
rather indistinctly carinate behind middle, as viewed in front

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MBMBEACID.^.

narrow, slender, \vith the apices more acute ; posterior process
short, robust, raised, centrally and laterally oarinate, the central
carination obscurely continued on pronotum, scarcely elevated

Fig. 46. — Tricciifrus ffibhosulus.

above scutellum, the apex not quite reaching posterior angle
of inner margin of tegmina.

Length 4| to 5 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 2| to 3 millim.
Hab. Assam ; Margherita. Calcutta. Eanchi {Irvine).
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2179. Tricentrus COngestus, Walk. (Ceutrotus) Im. Scmnd., Horn.
p. 79 (1858); Atkins. (Centvotiis ?) /. A. 8. B. Iv, p. 107
(1886).

Head, pronotum, body beneath and legs piceous, thickly ochra-
ceously pilose ; apices of the femora and the whole of the tibiae
and tarsi more or less testaceous ; tegmina pale bronzy-brown,

J?ig. 47. — Triccnirus congesius.

the base a little darker and more opaque ; lateral pronotal pro-
cesses as seen from above somewhat long, only moderately broad,
obliquely ascendant, obscurely carinate behind middle, their apices
subobliquely truncate, as viewed in front much narrower, their
apices subacute ; posterior process short, robust, raised, centrally
and laterally carinate, the central carination obscurely continued
through pronotum.

Length 4| to 5 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3 millim.

Hah. Pussumbing, Darjeeling {Mann, Incl. Miis.). Calcutta.
Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doliertij).

As shown in the above figure, there is a tendency in this species
to exhibit transverse veins towards the apical area ; this character,
however, is neither constant nor uniform and cannot be considered
of generic signification.

TRICENTEUS.

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2180. Tricentrus projectus, sp. n.

Castaneous-brown, pronotum and face more or less ochraceously
pilose ; a small pale sericeous spot at each basal angle of scutellum ;
femora black, their apices and the whole of the tibia? castaneous ;
tarsi ochraceous, the claws black ; body beneath black ; pronotum
punctate, its disk and front thickly ochraceously pilose ; lateral
processes as seen from above straightly obliquely porrect,_ very
strongly centrally ridged and on each lateral area sharply obliquely
depressed, their apices subacute ; posterior process somewhat sbort,

robust, strongly centrally raised and carinate, the central carination
obscurely continued through pronotum, closely impinging on
tegmina, its apex about reaching posterior angle of niner margin
of tegmina ; tegmina strongly wrinkled, base piceous and punctate,
apical margins a little paler and more ochraceous-brovvn.

Length 4^ ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3 millim.

Eah'. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

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2181. Tricentrus bicolor, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, body beneath and legs black, finely ochra-
ceously pilose, posterior tarsi ochraceous ; lateral areas of sternum
cretaceously sericeous ; tegmina pale bron/y-ochraceous, base black,
at outer margin of which there is a distinct paler transverse
fascia; pronotum thickly coarsely punctate; lateral processes
as seen from above rather strongly recurved, centrally carniate,
anterior margin rounded, posterior margin almost obhquely
straight, apex obtuselv subacute, as viewed in front narrower
and more obliquely upcurved; posterior process short, robust,
raised, centrally and laterally carinate, the central carination
finely 'continued through pronotum, apex not quite reaching the
posterior angle of the inner margin of tegmina ; tegmina punctate
on the black basal area.

Length 5; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3 milhm.

Hah. Bombay (Z)uo»).

2182. Tricentrus subangulatus, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, body beneath and legs black, somewhat longly
pilose ; tegmina with a pale bronzy tint, the veins piceous, base

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MEMBRACID^.

black, on outer margin of which is a distinct paler transverse
fascia ; pronotum thickly punctate ; lateral processes as seen from
above _ very short, broad, recurved, anterior margin rounded,
posterior margin almost straight, apex roundly subtruncate :
posterior process short, robust, raised, central and lateral cari-
nations fine, the central carination continued through pronotum,
apex projecting, not impinging on tegmina and not reaching
posterior angle of inner margin of tegmina; tegmina punctate
on black basal area.

Length 5^ ; breadth lat, pronot. process. 3 millim.

Hah. Nilgiri Hills {Hampson).

A species to be recognized by the short pronotal lateral pro-
cesses, the projecting apex of the posterior process, and the pale
darkly-veined tegmina.
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2183. Tricentrus albomaculatus, sp. n.

Head and pronotum black, finely pilose ; sternum black, ab-
domen beneath and legs piceous ; tegmina dull bronzy, subhyaline,
base black, followed by a large creamy-white spot ; pronotum
very finely punctate, the punctures almost hidden by the pilose
surface ; Lateral pronotal processes as seen from above short,
broad, apically recurved, apices subacute, anterior margins rounded,
longitudinally carinate behind middle, as viewed in front much
more slender and obliquely upcurved ; posterior process robust,
gradually narrowing to apex, which reaches the posterior angle of
inner margin of tegmina and is acute and a little upcurved ;
tegmina with the black basal area coarsely punctate.

Length 4; breadth lat. pronot. process. 2^ milhm.

Hah. Bombay {Dixon). Tenasserim ; Myitta (Doherfi/).
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2184. Tricentrus cuneatus, sp. u.

Black ; body beneath and legs pilose ; tegmina subhyaline, talc-
like, the veins fuscous, apical area bronzy-brown, before which the

Tricenirus cnneanis

colour is pale, giving the appearance of a paler transverse fascia,
base black ; pronotum thickly, somewhat finely punctate ; the
transverse lateral processes as seen from above short, broad, slightly
directed upward, non-carinate, their apices broadly obliquelv
truncate, their margins moderately ridged, viewed from the front

TEICENTBUS. 57

narrow and obliquely directed upward, triangularly subacute ;
the posterior process very broad and robust, strongly ceutrally
cariuate, tbe lateral carinations more prominent on apical area,
its extreme apex obtusely acute and reachiug the posterior angle
of the inner margin ; tegmiua coarsely punctate on the black basal
area ; legs normal.

Length 7 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 4^ millim.

nab. Sookna, 533 feet.

This species is to be structurally recognized by the robust
pronotal posterior process and the non-carinate transverse
processes.

B. Head and pronotum testaceous or ochraceom.

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2185. Tricentrus selenus, BucM. (Centrotus) Monoi/r. Mnnhrac.

p. 247, t. Ix, f. 0(190:'.).

Head and pronotum dark ochraceous, pilose; extreme apices of
transverse pronotal processes and about apical third of posterior
process black; body beneath fuscous, palely pilose; legs ochraceous,
bases of femora narrowly fuscous ; tegmina pale ochraceous, sub-
liyaline ; pronotum palely pilose ; the lateral transverse processes as
seen from above moderately broad, anteriorly a little ampliate and
rounded, apices subacute, broadly carinate near middle ; posterior
process robust, tricarinate, sides obhque, apex about reaching the
posterior angle of inner margin.

Length 5 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 3j| millim.

Hah. Tenasserim : Myitta {Dolierty).

A small species, to be recognized by its pilose character, the
black apical area to the posterior pronotal process, and by its
general pale coloration.
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2186. Tricentrus assamensis, sp. n.

Head, pronotum and legs pale testaceous ; apices of lateral and
posterior pronotal processes black ; body beneath piceous, palely
pilose ; tegmina subhyaline, talc-like, venation brovvnish-ochraceous,
base narrowly brownish-ochraceous, opaque; pronotum thickly
punctate, lateral pronotal processes as seen from above somewhat
short and narrow, strong, medially carinate, apices subacute and
slightly recurved, as viewed in front narrower, more obliquely up-
wardly directed and the apices more acute ; posterior process some-
what short, somewhat raised, centrally and laterally carinate, the
central carination finely continued through i)ronotum, the apex not
quite reaching the posterior angle of the inner margin of the
tegmina; tegmina with the veins a little granulose, the basal
opaque area punctate.

Length 6 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 34 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Margherita. q

Allied to the preceding species, T. selenus, Buckt., but with the
lateral pronotal processes very much more slender and their apices
more broadlv black.

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2187. Tricentrus decoratus, sp. n.

Face and pronotum piceous, very thickly ferrugiuously pilose ;
posterior pronotal process with about basal half ochraceous and
its apical area black ; body beneath piceous, palely pilose ; legs

Fig. 50. — Tricentrus decoratus.

ochraceous ; tegmina subhyaliue, talc-like, the veins ochraceous,
base ferruginous-brown, a broad black transverse fascia ci-ossing
middle, widened at costal area ; pronotal lateral processes as seen
from aljove short, strongly recurved, gradually narrowing to apices
which are obtusely acute, their antei'ior margins rounded, viewed
from the front much more sleude.r ; posterior process moderately
short, robust, impinging on tegmina, centrally strongly raised and
carinate, the central cariuation finely continued through pro-
notum, its apex subacute and about reaching the posterior angle
of the inner margin of tegmina ; in front of pronotum are two
small foveate dark spots situate rather near the inner margin of
eyes.

Length 7 ; breadth lat. pronot. process. 4 millim.

Hah. Burma ; Momeit {Doherti)).

2188. Tricentrus fairmairei, 8tal (Centrotus), Freg. Euq. Resa, Ins.
p. 284 (1859); id. (Tiiceutrus) Ofv. Vet.-Ak. ' Fiirh. 1870,

o P- "-*^-
Taloipa tinctoria, Buckt. Trans. Linn. Soc. ix. p. 334, t. xxii, f. 4

(1905).

Head and pronotum black ; body beneath and legs black, tibiae
castaneous or piceous ; tegmina pale fuliginous, subhyaline, with a
bronzy tint, base black, beyond which is a more or less testaceous
transverse fascia ; pronotum thickly finely punctate ; lateral pro-
cesses as seen from above short, broad, apically recurved, their
anterior margins rounded, longitudinally carinate behind middle,
as viewed in fi"ont slender and obliquely upcurved; posterior
process moderately stout, nearly straight, lateral margi]is sinuate,
narrowing to apex, which is subacute and reaches the posterior
angle of the inner tegminal margin, centrally and laterally carinate,
the central carination finely continued through pronotum.

Length 6; breadth iat. pronot. process, \^h millim.

Hah. Bangalore (fide Bucldon). — Malacca. Philippines.

I am indebted to Prof. Bolivar of Madrid for being able to
examine Bucktons species, of which the figure criven by that writer
has the red coloration near base of tegmina far too highly depicted.

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^Division QAHGAliAUIA.

In this division lateral processes to the pronotuiu are absent, or
at least practically obsolete, a character which separates it from
the preceding division ; from the Coccosterphusarict which follows
it can be differentiated by the scutellum, which is complete and
not imperfect.

Sijnopsls of Genera.

A. Posterior pronotal process impinging on
scutellum and inner tegminal margin.

a. I'o.stevior pronotal process strongly -

siniuitely w;ived Ebhul, p. o9.

b. Posterior pronotal process straight.

a. Veins to apical areas straight Gargara, p. 60."

b. Veins to apical areas curved in-

wardly POGONTYPUS, p. or. ^

13. Posterior pronotal ]irocess curved and re-
mote from scutellum.

c. Pronotum not elevated, the posterior

process curved, its apical area im- ^

pinging on tegminal margin Mach^^rotypus, p. 68.

d. Pronotum discally elevated, the posterior

process straight, its apex impinging on ^

tegminal margin Dejiaxga, p. 69.

^ Genns EBHUL, nov.

Type, E. var'tus, Walk,

Bistribatioii. Burma.

Pronotum convexly gibbons, anteriorly almost perpendicularly
reclined aud flattened in front above eyes, centrally longitudinally
strongly ridged, its anterior lateral angles slightly prominent, not
produced ; the posterior process very strongly sinuately waved,
arched at base where it is separated from the scutellum, which is
not, or very little, longer than broad, and then concavely siiniate and
following the direction of the tegmina, its apex reaching the
posterior angle of the inner tegminal margin ; face centrally longi-
tudinally sulcate ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxjb ; femora
moderately thickened, tibite slightly dilated ; tegmina broad, ample,
crossed by a series of transverse veins at apical area.

Stal (dfv. Vet.-xlk. Fdrh. 1869, p. 285), evidently not recog-
nizingthe type of this genus from Walker's description, allied it
to hiPZej^tobelus auriadatus, which has {ante, p. 4i) been figured
and placed in the geniis^Pogon.

C^

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21t<9. Ebhul varius,^jr^^//.-. (Centrotus) List Horn. Suppl. p. 162
(1858); Sf.m (Leptobelus), Of v. Vet.-Ah. Fiir/i. 1869, p. 28o ;
Atkins. J. A. <S. Jb. liv, p. 82 (1885).

Head and pronotum black, the posterior pronotal process

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ME^rBRACID-?;.

ochraceous at its medial concave sinuation ; body beneath, legs
and rostrum piceous-broA\n, tibiae darker above than beneath ;
tegmina greyish-white, the claval area mottled with brown and

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Fig. 51. — Ehhul varii/s.

black, basal area black divided from the clavus b}'- a white line,
apical area mottled with black, where some of the veins are
rufesceut ; pronotum finely punctate, its posterior process more
strongly so and also centrally ridged and laterally cariuate.

Length 5 millim.

JJah. Burma {Brit.-Mus.).

I only know this species by the unique type in the British
Museum.

'^^ Genus GARGARA.
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Gargara, Ami/. ^- Serv. Hem. p. 537 (1843) ; Stdl, Han. Afr. iv,

p. 98 (1866); id. Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1869, p. 283; Melich. Horn.

^ Faun. Ceylon, p. 122 (1903).

Maerops, Buckt. Motioyr. Mejnbmc. p. 257 (1903).

Type, G. genista', Fabr., a Palaearctic species.

Distrihutlon. Palajarctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Malayan, and some
portions of the Australasian Hegion.

This genus is allied to Trieentrus, Stal, from which it principally
differs by the unarmed lateral angles of the pronotum and by the
absence of spinules to the posterior trochanters.

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2190. Gargara piceola, Melkh. H,m. Fmm. Cei/lun, p. 122 (1003).

" Face and pronotum finely and thickly punctured, sparsely
covered with very short yellowish hairs ; middle keel on pronotum
very delicate and produced on posterior process, which is very
short, longly triangular, smooth or flattened and stretched out
straight behind; covering the scutellum ; tegmina hyaline, strongly
wrinkled, punctured, pitchy-brown, black at base, strongly and
coarsely punctured : Aeins dark brown, strongly and distinctly
punctured; wings clouded with light brownish and with dark
veins ; pectus and abdomen dark brown ; legs rusty brown, femora
black." (Melichar.)

" Length 8 millim."

Hab. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Jide Melichar).

I have a single specimen sent to me by Mr. Green from Pera-
deniya which agrees fairly well Avith the above description.

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Fig. 52. — Gttrgara robust a.

2191. Gargara robusta, sp. u.

Head, pronotuiu and body beneath black ; femora black, their
apices and the tibia? and tarsi castaneous; tegniina subhyaliue,
' black at base, on apical margin a pale
brownish transverse spot near end of
clavus and the extreme apical margin
of the same colour ; in some specimens
beyond the middle there are some trans-
verse fuscous markings ; pronotum
thickly and somewhat coarsely punc-
tate ; posterior process short and ro-
bust, only just passing apex of claval
area, centrally and laterally carinate,
the central carination finely continued through pronotum ; black
basal area of the tegmina punctate.

Length 3| ; breadth lat. pronot. augl. 2 millim.

Hah. Calcutta {Indian Mus. Jj- Coll. Dist.). Kurseong.

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2192. Gargara afRnis, sp. n.

Closely allied to the preceding species, 6-'. robusta, but pronotum
dark purplish-brown, not black ; tegmina without the apical mar-
ginal spots, the base purplish-brown, not black ; central carination
to pronotum much finer and more obscure, the pronotum distinctly
palely pilose, posterior process a little longer and more laterally
compressed.

Length 4 ; breadth lat. pronot. angl. 2 millim.

Hab. Bombay (JJLvon). Tenasserim ; Myitta (DoJierti/).

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2193. Gargara majuscula, sp. n.

Body and legs black ; body beneath and legs greyishly pilose ;
tegmina pale bronzy-ochraceous, base black, veins (excluding those
of clavus and apical area) piceous ; pronotum broad and convex,
thickly finely punctate, the lateral angles slightly prominent ;
posterior process slightly passing the posterior angle of the inner

Gargara majuscula.

margin of tegmina, centrally and laterally carinate, the central
carination very obsoletely continued on pronotum, apex acute ;
base of pronotal front and the face palely pilose ; basal black area
of tegmina coarsely punctate.

02 MEMBEACID.i:.

Length 8 ; breadth lat. prouot. angl. 4 inillim.
Hah. Sikliim : Mung])hu. ^

This is the largest species of Gargara which has as yet been
found in British India, at least so far as my knowledge extends.

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2194. Gargara apicata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 124 (1903).

" A small species of short compressed form ; face and pronotum
thickly and finely punctured, black, with depressed yellowish-grey
hair, so that the upper surface appears greyish-yellow in colour ;
on pronotum there is a weak middle keel which is continued on
the short triangular posterior process ; tegmina thickly sprinkled
with rusty yellow, brownish at base, through the yellow hair of the
teguaina indistinct ; apical area more hyaline, greyish-white, with a
more or less complete transverse band formed of black spots before
the apex, before the transverse band is a small black spot on costa ;
inside tlie rusty-brown basal area is generally a narrow transverse
line formed of white dots, which is usually interrupted at several
places ; underside black with sparingly-distributed gre^'ish hairs ;
pectus more yellowly haired ; femora dark brown ; apices of the
femora and the tibiae and the tarsi rusty brown." {Melichar.)

I have a few specimens from Ceylon which generally agree with
this description, but there is usually a distinct transverse band of
small white spots crossing middle of tegmina, which are evidently
variable in markings.

Length 3; breadth lat. pronot. angl. 2 millim.

Hob. Ceylon; Peradeniya (Grdc/i).

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2195. Gargara tnmida, Melich. Horn. Faim. Ceylon, p. 123 (1903).

Face, pronotum and body beneath piceous, very thickly, shortly,
finely, palely pilose ; sternum and basal halves of lateral abdominal
margins more or less cretaceously sericeous ; legs ochraceous,
shortly, thickly, palely pilose, coxae and femora (excluding apices)
piceous ; tegmina subhyaline, the venation more or less fuscous,
apical margin broadly pale ochraceous, base piceous and punctate
followed by a transverse pale ochraceous fascia ; lateral pronotal
angles prominent but not produced ; posterior process very short
and broad, with a subobsolete carinate line which is more obso-
letely continued on pronotum, the apex distinctly tricarinate and
not reaching apex of claval area ; tegmina with the veins on costal
area finely palely pilose.

Length 5|-6| ; breadth lat. pronot. angl. 3 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Kaudy, Peradeniya, Maskeliya (&ree»); Puttalam
(^Mus. Hongrois).
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2196. Gargara ferrugata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 123 (1903).

Face, pronotum and legs uniformly pale brownish-ochraceous ;
sternum and abdomen beneath piceous ; tegmina a little darker
brownish-ochraceous, with the apical margins paler ; pronotum

GARGARA.

63

finely granulose, a central fine carinate line traversing it and the
posterfor process, lateral angles slightly prominent bat not pro-
duced ; posterior process short and robust, impinging on scutellum
and tegmina, narrowed and depressed towards apex, which extends
to the apex of claval area; tegmina distinctly punctate at base and
sparingly, more thickly so on costal area, clothed Mith very short,
fine, adpressed hairs ; coxa) and bases of femora piceous, tarsal
claws piceous.

Length 3 to 3;| ; breadth lat. pronot. angl. 2 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya, Kesliewa ((r'r^eji); Weligama, Kandy

(AIus. Honcjrois).

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2197. Gargara citrea, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, body beneath and legs pale yellow; tegmina
brownish-vellow ; apex of posterior pronotal process black ; disk
of sternum more or less piceous; pronotum finely granulose;
posterior process short, broad, strongly sinuate at base, its apex
subacute and reaching posterior angle of inner margin of tegmina,
finely centrally carinate, the carination obscurely continued through
pronotum : pronotal lateral angles subprominent.

Length 44 millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doheriy).

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2198. Gargara sericea, sp. n.

Head and pronotum pale greyish- sericeously pilose: disk of
pronotum Mith two narrow central longitudinal castaneous fasciae,
on each side of which is a linear curved submarginal piceous fascia,
apices of the lateral angles and apex of the posterior process
piceous ; body beneath piceous, the lateral areas of the sternum
cretaceously sericeous ; legs ochraceous ; tegmina very pale ochra-
ceous, the veins piceous and provided with very short fine hairs, on
disk and near apex sparingly sprinkled with small piceous spots,
the base piceous-brown, opaque; the close silky hairs on the pro-
notum distinctly prevent any punctures from being seen ; the
posterior process is robust, strongly concavely sinuate on each side
of base, considerably raised and centrally keeled, the apex acute and
reaching the posterior angle of the inner margin of the tegmina,
Avhere it is curved downward.

Length 4 ; breadth lat. pronot. angl. 2 millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Iverbuwa {Green).
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2199. Gargara trinotata, sp. n.

Pronotum dark chocolate-brown, very thickly pilose ; disk with
three greyish-sericeous longitudinal lines, the lateral ones curved
inwardly both anteriorly and posteriorly, middle of posterior process
greyishly sericeous ; face and body beneath black, lateral margins
of abdomen greyishly sericeous ; legs testaceous, femora (excluding
apices) black ; tegmina for basal three-fourths chocolate-brown, the

64 MEMBRACID.T.

veins testaceous, the base darker, apical fourth hyaline, with a
transverse series of three black dots, the apical margin more or
less brownish ; posterior prouotal process strongly sinuate, the
apex recurved to posterior angle of inner tegminal margin, cen-
trally carinate, the carination obsoletely continued through pro-
notum ; lateral angles subprominent.

Length 4| millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta (Doheytif).

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2200. Gargara myittae, sp. n.

Head and pronotiun castaneous-brown, body beneath paler
brown with the lateral areas of the sternum piceous ; legs pale
testaceous ; tegmina subhyaline, the base castaneous-brown, the
veins on disk darkly piceous, an irregular transverse fascia before
apex and the apical margin fuscous-brown ; pronotum thickly
coarsely punctate and sparingly pilose, the posterior process cen-
trally carinate, the carination extending through the pronotum,
apex black and somewhat suddenly narrowed ; the brown basal
area of the tegmina distinctly punctate.

Length 5; breadth lat. pronot. angl. 2 millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doliertij).

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2201. Gargara sikhimensis, sp. n.

Head and pronotum black, finely palely pilose, posterior pro-
notal process with its central area (excluding lateral margins)
ochraceous ; body beneath black or piceous ; legs ochraceous,
femora (excluding apices) black ; tegmina subhyaline, the veins
piceous or fuscous, base piceous, immediately followed by a pale
transverse fascia, before apex an irregular transverse fuscous
fascia and the extreme apical margin of the same colour, apical
costal martrin ochraceous ; pronotum with the punctures indis-
tinctly seen through the pilose surface ; posterior process broad,
clearly coarsely punctate, with an obscure central carination,
which is, however, very strongly prouounced on its apical area,
the lateral margins are a little convex and the apex somewhat
suddenly developed.

Length 5 ; breadth lat. pronot. angl. 2| millim.

Hah. Sikhim. Madras Prov. : Kotagiri {AtUns. Coll. &• Brit.
Mus.).

This species is to be recognized by the shape and colour of the
posterior pronotal process, its convex lateral margins, and by its
ochraceous central area not reaching the dark margins.

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2202. Gargara rivulata, sp. n.

Head and pronotum black ; body beneath and legs piceous ;
tarsi brownish-ochraceous ; tegmina subhyaline, the venation, as
far as the commencement of the apical areas, black, the veins of

GABGABA. 65

the apical areas ochraceoiis ; base, apical third of claval area, a
trausverse fascia at base of apical area, wliicli is inwardly obliquely
continued to apical margin, and the upper half of apical margin,
biack ; pronotum granulose, the lateral angles obtusely subangu-
larly promiuent ; the posterior process gradually narrowing to apex,
which is acute and reaching the posterior angle of the inner
margin of tegmina, centrally and laterally carinate, the central
carmatiou finely continued through pronotum ; the black basal
area of tegmina coarsely punctate.

Length 5| to 6 ; breadth pronot. augl. 3 millim.

Hah. Sikhim ; Mungphu {Colls. Dist. 6f Brit. Mm.).

Allied to~'G. sikJiimensis, hut with the pronotum more robust-
colour of legs and posterior pronotal process also different. '

2203. Gargara mixta, Buckt. (M^rops) Monogr. Membrac p 2.57
t. lix, f. 8,rt (1903). P- J'>

•^^Gargara variegcata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 123 (1903)
nom. prajocc. Siffn. 1858.

Pronotum brownish-ocbraceous, very closely, thickly, palely
pilose, a central pale subcarinate line continued through pronotum
and its posterior process, the latter paler, much less pilose and
with its apex piceous ; face piceous, thickly palely pilose, in some
specimens the piceous ground-colour is invisible ; body beneath
piceous, legs ochraceous, coxae and bases of femora piceous ; teg-
mina greyish, semi-opaque, base and costal area ochraceous, in
some specimens the whole surface is more or less speckled with
fuscous and in others with the apical venation of that colour;
pronotum with the lateral angles angularly promiuent but not
produced ; the posterior process robust, gradually narrowing to
apex, impinging on scutellum and tegmina and about reaching
the posterior angle of the inner margin of the latter.

Length 5 ; breadth lat. pronot. angl. 2^ to 3 millim.

Hab. Bombay {Dixon); Calcutta {Coll. Dist.). Tenasserim ;
Myitta {Doherty). Ceylon ; Balongoda {Bud-ton Coll.) ; Colombo'
Peradeniya {Green); Nalanda, Kekirawa, Puttalam (i/tw. IJon-
(jrois).

I have compared Buckton's type with a cotype of Melicliar's
^variegata kindly forwarded to me for that purpose by Dr. Horvath.

2204. Gargara flavolineata, sp. u.

Head and pronotum black, finely palely pilose, central area to
posterior process, and sometimes the central carinate line to
pronotum, ferruginous-brown; body beneath and femora black,
apices of femora and tibiae and the tarsi dark ochraceous ; teg-
mina subhyahne, the base ferruginous-brown, opaque ; pronotum
somewhat obscurely punctate or punctures mostly covered by
the pale pilosity; ])osterior process robust, reaching the posterior
angle of the inner margin of tegmina, centrally and laterally

TOL. IV. . Ti-

66 MEMBRA-CIDiE,

carinate, the central carination continued through prouotum
tegmina with the dark opaque base punctate.

Length 4 to 4i ; breadth lat. pronot, angl. 2 milHm.

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Fig. 54. — Gargara flavolhieata.

Hah. Bengal ; Eanchi. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green). Burma
{Buckton Coll.).

In some specimens the ferruginous-brown area to the posterior
pronotal process is very obscure ; in others the apical margin to
the tegmina is more or less fuscous.

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2205. Gargara delimitata, sp. n.

Head, pronotum and legs castaneous-brown ; body beneath
piceous ; a piceous central longitudinal fascia on anterior area of
pronotum ; tegmina subhj'aline. the base and a broad transverse
fascia beyond middle piceous-brown ; head and pronotum finely
palely pilose, the lateral angles obtusely subprominent ; the pos-
•terior process nearly straight, apically acute and reaching posterior
angle of inner margin of tegmina, centrally and laterally carinate,,
the central carination continued very finely and obscurely through
pronotum ; tegmina with the area of the basal opaque coloration
< pilose and punctate.

Length 4 ; breadth pronot. angl. 2 millim.

Hab. Assam ; Margherita {Coll. Dist.).

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2206. Gargara alboapicata, sp, n.

Piceous, very thickly palely pilose ; legs ochraceous, femora
(excluding apices) piceous ; tegmina piceous, a spot on clavus and
a narrow transverse fascia near end of clavus and extending about
halfway across tegraen, creamy- white, apex pale hyahne; pronotum
thickly punctate and pilose ; the posterior process short, broad at
base, from about middle narrowing to apex which is acute and
reaching posterior angle of inner tegniinal margin, centrally
somewhat strongly carinate, the carination continued obsoletely
through pronotum.

Length 3 millim.

Hab. Tenasserim ; Myitta (Doherty).

POGONTYPUS. 6T

^ "^ Genus POGONTYPUS, nov.

Type, P. comjjlicatus, Melicli.

Distribution. Ceylon.

Intermediate between Gargara and Machcerotypus. From the
first it is distinguished by the larger and more slender posterior
pronotal process and also by the strongly curved veins to the
apical areas of the tegmina, thus resembling a radical character of
the genus "^ogon ; from 'Tlachcerotypus it is separated by the
more obliquely curved veins to the tegmiual apical areas, and also
by the posterior pronotal process which is not strongly elevated
above the scutellum, but is almost completely depressed to it and
the inner margins of the tegmina.

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2207. Pogontypus COmplicatus, Melich. (Machferotypus) Horn. Faun
Cc?/fcw, p. 125 (1903).

" Very close to M. discretus, Melich. ; the posterior pronotal
process depressed, weakly wave-like, curved, in middle and at tip
black ; pronotum with three longitudinal keels, middle keel extend-
ing from anterior margin of pronotum over the whole surface-

Fig. 55.~Pogo7i/?/pus comjjlicatus.

and passing into the upper corner of the spine process, lateral
keels very short, externally slightly convex; tegmina rusty-
yellowish, at base and on costal margin darker ; legs rustv-vellow "
{Melichar.) •' "^

Length 4 millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Negombo, Pattipola (2Ius. Hongrois)
I am indebted to Dr. Horvath, of Budapest, for the opportunity
01 figuring this species.

2208. Pogontypus horvathi, sp. n.

Pronotum ochraceous, its posterior process greyish-white * face
middle and apex of posterior pronotal process and the tegmina
dark purplish ; tegmina with a costal spot at about one-fourth
from apex and the apical margin greyish-white ; sternum purplish-
brown ; abdomen beneath and legs ochraceous, abdominal seg-
ments with transverse purphsh-brown fasci* ; prouotum rugulose
longitudinally tricarmate, the lateral carinations curved and abbre-

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■68 MEMBBACID^.

viated, the posterior process centrally and laterally carinate,
apically recurved, impinging on tegmina and passing the posterior
angle of inner margin.

Length 4 millira.

Hah. Ceylon; Tatiyantota ((rreen).

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Genus MACHiEROTYPUS.

'^Machferotypus, Uhler, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xix, p. 284 (1896);
Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 124 (1903).

Type, M. sellatus, from Japan.

Distribution. Oriental and Eastern Palsearctic Regions.

Dr. Uhler does not appear to have described this genus beyond
the structural characters given in his description of the typical
species*. I therefore reproduce Melichar's description, which is
probably the valid one, and in that case M. incidtus, Melich. should
be the type of the genus.

Similar to'Gargara in so far as the pronotum is only provided
with a posterior process, which, however, is not broadly triangular
as xn^Gargara, but long, slender, prismatic and generally more or
less strongly wave-like, curved ; the lateral processes are absent ;
tegmina somewhat long, with four apical cells (nVGargara three);
eyes very prominent, the slender postei'ior process induces a
comparison w'ltn. '^lacluerota (Melichar). We do not quite under-
stand Dr. Melichar's enumeration of the tegfrninal apical cells in
the above description.

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2209. Machaerotypus incultUS, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 124
(1903).

Head, pronotum and scutellum black ; body beneath black, the
legs testaceous ; tegmina bronzy subhyaline, the base, costal and
radial areas black ; pronotum somewhat coarsely punctate and

Fig. 56. — MachcBrofypus incidtus.

distinctly longitudinally carinate ; the posterior process slender,
centrally and laterally carinate, curved at base and remote from

* Mr. Samuel Henshaw in liis referential Catalogue of the Hemiptera,
described by Uhler (Psyche, 1903), only quotes the above publication for
' Machcerotypus.

DBMANGA. 65>

scutellura, apical area deflected and apex recurved, a little passing
posterior angle of inner margin of tegmina ; the black areas of
the tegmina very coarsely punctate. The second apical vein
(counting from inner margin) is more curved and like the first
than shown by the artist in the above figure.

Length 4| to 5 millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Pattipola {Mus. Hongrois 6f Coll. Dist.).

I am indebted to Dr. Horvath, of Budapest, for the specimen of
this species which is here figured.

2210.~'MacliaBrotypus ? discretus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 125
(1903).

"Similar to ''J/, incultus but more robust and mure strongly
built, the posterior process distinctly wave-like, curved ; tegmina
pale yellowish, hyaline, the base and costal cell thickly punctured
and brownish ; behind the apex of clavus a brownish marginal
spot ; wings hyaline, vitreous ; legs rusty-brown, the femora
darker." (Melichar.)

Length 5 millim.

Hah. Ceylon (Berlin Museum).

I have not seen this species and therefore cannot state definitely
whether it should (according to my view) be placed inMachcero-
typus or in the previous genus I have proposed as^ Pogontypus.

~ Genus DEMANGA, nov.

Type, D. soohnana, Dist.

Distrihution. British India.

Face strongly deflected ; ocelli about as far from eyes as from
each other ; pronotum laterally unarmed, the disk elevated, pos-
terior process at a distance from scutellum, straightly obliquely
deflected from near base and impinging on inner margin of teg-
mina near posterior angle ; scutellum about as long as broad,
the apex biangulate ; tegmina with four apical and two discoidal
areas ; legs simple ; the tibiae slightly ampliated ; wings \vith four
apical areas.

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2211. Demanga sooknana, sp. n.

Head and pronotum black, thickly ochraceously pilose ; body

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Fig. 57. — Demanga sooknana.
beneath black, very thickly, finely, palely pilose ; an ochraceous

70 MEMBRACID^.

sericeous spot on each side of apex of face before clypeus ; legs
castaneous, the femora (excluding apices) black ; tegmiua bronzy
subhyaline, the venation castaneous-brovvn, brownishly opaque
and coarsely punctate at base ; pronotum finely punctate, the
punctures almost hidden under the pilose surface, the lateral
angles subangularly sHghtly prominent, the posterior process
strongly centrally and laterally carinate, the central carination
finely continued through pronotum, its apex acute and impinging
on the inner margin of tegmina a little beyond its posterior angle ;
scutellum with a transverse sericeous ochraceous spot on each side
of basal margin.

Length 8 ; breadth pronot. angl. 3 millim.

Hab. Sookna, 533 feet.

Division COCCOSTERPHUSARIA.

In this division there is no complete scutellum ; the raesonotum
is armed at the apex with two distinct prolongations, acute or
otherwise ; the pronotum behind the lateral angles gradually passes
into the posterior process.

Synopsis of Genera.

A. Pronotum tuberculous, the posterior pro-

cess concavely depressed at base and

laminately convexly raised at apex .... Coccosterphus, p. 70. '^

B. Pronotum not tuberculous, the posterior

process straight, neither raised nor con-
cavely sinuate.

a. Tegmina with three apical areas ;

posterior pronotal process short and

•slender Yasa, p. 74.

b. Tegmina with live apical areas ; pos-

terior pronotal process moderately

long and broad on basal area Kanada, p. 74. ^

Genus COCCOSTERPHUS.

Coccosterphus, Stdl, Hem. Fahr. ii, p. 51 (1869) ; Atkins. J. A. S.B.
liv, p. 88 (1885) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 120 (1903).
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Type, G. minutus, Fabr.

Distribution. Oriental Eegion.

" Body small, obovate ; head with the eyes equal in breadth to the
anterior part of the pronotum, with the eyes deflexed, somewhat
transverse, slightly intiexed beneath the eyes, front a little elevated,
not freely prominent, with the apical margin a little prominent ;
ocelli about twice as far apart from each other as from the eyes ;
pronotum moderately convex, laterally unarmed, gradually narrowed
behind the slightly prominent lateral angles and gradually passing
into the posterior process ; posterior process entire on both sides
at base, not sinuate, gradually acuiuiuate, straight, slightly deflexed
at apex, reaching apex of clavus, somewhat highly ridged, much
•depressed in the middle ; no complete scutellum ; mesonotum

COCCOSTERPHUS. 71

furnished on both sides at apex with a spinule turning backward ;
tegmina short, not extending beyond abdominal apex, gradually
somewhat amplified towards apex which is obliquely rounded,
opaque and coriaceous at the base ; exterior vein of clavus united
with the commissure at some distance beyond the middle ; corium
emitting the ulnar and radial veins from the base, ulnar vein
somewhat forked before middle of corium, two discoidal areolas
or, if the areola behind the fork of the ulnar vein be included,
three, the exterior discoidal areole stylated, stylus separating the
interior (or intermediate) discoidal areole from the first apical
area, five apical areas ; wings with three apical areas ; legs
moderate ; tibia? prismatic, anterior a little depressed ; anterior
trochanters unarmed within.

"A curious genus allied to Gargara, but very distinct in having
the pronotum behind the lateral angles gradually passing into the
posterior process which has no sinus at the base; there is no
produced complete scutellum, but the mesonotum is armed at the
apex with two very distinct spines." (Sidl.)

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2212. CocCOSterphus minutn^, Fair. (Membracis) Ent. Syst. Suppl.

p. 514 11798) ; id. (t'entrotus) Syst. Rhyng. p, 22 QSOS) ;
_>i?;Vm. tfecaphiila?) Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1846, p. 495; StM
iCoccosterphus), Hem. Fabr. ii, p. 51 (1869) ; Atkins. J. A.

S. B. liv, p. 89 (1885); Melich. Horn. Fmm. Ceylon, p. 121

(1903).

I have not seen this species which Stal has thus described : —

" Black, flavescent-greyish-sericeous ; head, pronotum and
tegmina remotely sprinkled with somewhat large granules ; pro-
notum furnished with a ridge or keel, obsolete anteriorly, very
elevated in the posterior process, in its medium depressed part
interrupted; tegmina palely greyish-flavescent, subpellucid, ob-
soletely dotted with white, veins here and there infuscate,
granules and almost third basal part black, black part punctured,
ulnar vein running through this part greyish-flavescent." {StdiX.)

" c? . Long. 31 ; lat. 2 niillim."

" Hah. Tranqviebar."
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2213. Coccosterphus decoloratus, sp. n.

Black; tegmina variable in colour and pattern, being more or

Coccosterphus decoloratus.

less tinted with castaneous and cretaceous, sometimes the paler
coloration appears as in the specimen here figured, in other

72 MEMBEACID^.

examples there is a broad subbasal and a broad subapical transverse
fascia, the black areas being more or less marked with small raised
cretaceous spots ; legs piceous, tarsi ochraceous ; pronotum strongly
tuberculous, strongly ridged and moderately arched, before the
base of posterior process it is obtusely angulate ; posterior process
concave at base and strongly convexly laminately produced before
apex, the central ridge finely tuberculous ; tegmina more or less
finely tuberculous, especially on the veins.

Length 2i millim.

Hab. Calcutta (Indian IIus. 4' Coll. Dist.).

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2214. Coccosterphus tuberculatus, Motsch. (Anomus) Etud. Ent.
viii, p. 109 (1859) ; Ifelich. (Coccosterphus) Ho?n. Faun. CeyloUy
p. 121 (1903).
Gargara fasciata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 122 (1903).

" Similar to variegata ; front and pronotum rusty-brown, thickly
and finely punctured, sparsely covered with extremely short,
depressed, greyish-white hairs ; the middle keel obsolete on
pronotum ; posterior process broad, triangular, reaching to tip of
clavus, straight, in middle distinctly keeled; tegmina hyahue,
greyish-white, rusty-brown at base to nearly one-third of length of

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Fig. 59. — Coccosterphus tuberculatus.

tegmina and a rusty-brown transverse fascia beyond the middle,
extending from tip of clavus to costal margin, the transverse
fascia generally paler than the dark basal area ; all the veins rusty-
yellow ; wings hyaline with rusty-yellow veins ; pectus and abdomen
dark brown ; legs rusty-brown, claws darker." (Melichar.)

The greyish-white markings on the front of the pronotum as
shown in the above figure are neither mentioned by Motschoulsky
nor Melichar, who probably examined old specimens.

" Length § 3^ millim."'

Hab. Ceylon; Peradeniya (Qree7i), Kala-Weisa and Puttalam
(Jide Melichar). ^

The specimen figured is a cotype of Gargara fasciata, Melich. in
the Museum Hongrois at Budapest, and was kindly sent to me
for that purpose by Dr. Horvath. I reproduce Mehchar's
description.

COCCOSTEEPHDS. 73

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2215. Coccosterphus obscurus, sp. n.

Black, tegmina piceous sprinkled with small cretaceous spots,
in some specimens, as the one here figured, the spots almost form
a central transverse fascia ; legs black, the tarsi stramineous ;
pronotum tuberculous and finely granulose between the tubercles,

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Fig. 60. — Goccosterplms ohscuriis.

centrally the tubercles form a longitudinal carination ; posterior
process rather slender, laminately convexly gibbous before apex
which about reaches the posterior angle of the inner margin of
the tegmina ; tegmina very finely granulose at base.

Length 2| to 3 millim.

Hah, Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Heneratgoda (Green).

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2216. Coccosterphus mucronicoUis, Motsch. (Anomus) Etud. Ent.
viii, p. 109 (1859) ; Melich. *tCoccosterphu3) Horn. Faun.
Ceylon, p. 120 (1903).

Dark purplish-brown, finely greyishly pilose ; body beneath
piceous, posterior margins of the abdominal segments dull
ochraceous ; femora black, their apices and the tibiae pale
testaceous, tarsi stramineous, the claws piceous ; tegmina purplish-

Fig. 61. — Coccoaterphus 7micromcollis.

brown sprinkled with small paler spots, base opaque and thickly
greyishly pilose, a few greyish-white spots in transverse series
usually immediately following the basal area and another similar
transverse series at about middle, apical area largely pale hyaline ;
pronotum densely pilose above which the tubercles are distinctly
visible ; posterior process robust, moderately laminately convexly
gibbous before apex which does not reach the posterior angle of
the inner margin of the tegmina.

Length 4 to 5 ; breadth lat. pronot. angl. 2 millim.

Hab. Ceylon ; Kesbewa (Green).

74 MEMBRACID^.

Genus YASA, nov.

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Type, Y. c/reeni, Dist.

Distribution. Ceylon,

Pronotum without lateral processes, the posterior process short,
slender and recurved, its apex not nearly reaching the posterior
angle of the inner margin of the tegmina ; lateral angles of the
mesonotum visible, produced but not spinose ; tegmina somewhat
elongate, inner margin beyond clavus distinctly notched and
gibbously raised, apical areas three and very large ; ocelli nearer
to eyes than to each other ; posterior femora distinctly curved.

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2217. Yasa greeni, sp. n.

Face, pronotum and body beneath black ; femora black, their
apices and the tibise and tarsi ochraceous, tibise annulated with
fuscous ; tegmina subhyaline black at base and immediately
followed by a transverse pale fascia, central area piceous, darkest
on costal half, apical area pale hyaline, extreme apical margin

Fig. 62. — Yasa c/reeni.

connected with an oblique fascia which is again connected with a
transverse fascia joining inner margin near posterior angle, piceous ;
pronotum rugulose, the posterior process short, slender and
recurved, not extending beyond the scutellar region ; veins of
tegmina clothed with line hairs, the dark basal area punctate ;
tibiae coarsely pilose.

Length 6 ; breadth lat. pronot. angl. 2 to 2^ millim.

Hab. Ceylon; Peradeniya, K andy (Green).

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Q Genus KANADA, nov.

Type, K. irvinei, Dist.

Distribution. Bengal.

Body subelongate ; face convexly deflected, ocelli almost as far
apart from each other as from eyes ; pronotum subelongate,
laterally unarmed, strongly and broadly foveate on each side
behind eyes, only moderately convex, behind the lateral angles
gradually passing into the posterior process which is broad at base,
straight, acutely narrowed on its apical area, the apex reaching or
slightly passing the posterior angle of the inner margin of tegmina ;

KANADA. 75

no complete scutellum ; mesonotum furnished on both sides at apex
with a somewhat long laminate spine directed backwai'd ; femora
moderately thickened, tibial strongly longitudinally grooved;
tegmina extending beyond the abdominal apex, subhyaline, apical
areas five, discoidal areas two.

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2218. Kanada irvinei, sp. n.

Pronotum ochraceous ; lateral foveae behind eyes and apex of
posterior process black; face and sternum black, abdomen beneath
dull testaceous ; femora dull castaneous, their apices and the tibiae
and tarsi ochraceous, tarsal claws black ; tegmina subhyaline, talc-
like, wrinkled, base ochraceous and opaque ; pronotum thickly,

Fig. 63. — Kanada irvinei.

palely, finely pilose, lateral angles very obtusely prominent ;
posterior process slightly elevated at base, broad for about two-
thirds its length, then narrowed to apex which is elongately acute,
centrally carinately ridged, the carination very obscure and sub-
obsolete on disk of pronotum.

Length 34 millim.

Hah. Bengal ; Ranchi {Irvine).

Species reported from India, hut appar'entlt/ in error.

The following two species described under the genera
Hemiptycha and Scaphula, would, if their local habitats could be
authenticated, introduce a third subfamily, Darnince, into the
Membracidse of British India. This, however, is extremely un-
likely, but descriptions of the species are appended. Diagnoses
of the presumed genera are unnecessary.

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2219. Hemiptycha crux, Linn. (Cicada) Si/st. Nat. (eA. X.) i, p. 435
(1758) ; id. Mils. Lud. Ulr. p. 154 (1764) ; Stdl fllemiptycha),
Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. x, p. 389 (1866): Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv,
p. 90 (1885).

" Fuscous-testaceous ; thorax black, anteriorly obsoletely
sprinkled testaceous, behind the lateral processes broadly margined
with yellow, this yellow margin narrowed backward, extending
beyond the middle of the posterior process ; tegmina fuscous ;
pronotum distinctly punctulate, furnished Avith a very long and

76 MEMBEACID^.

strong horn above the lateral angles, compressed, turning outwards
and moderately upwards, at the apex obliquely truncated,
anteriorly rounded, at the apex posteriorly acuminate, slightly
amplified towards the tip ; posterior process gradually acuminate,
extending a little beyond the tip of the tegmina, apex itself very
slightly recurved ; dorsum seen from the side somewhat straight
and with a distinct ridge, lateral margins straight." (Stdl.)

Length 18; exp. lat. pronot. process. 17 milhm.

Hab. India ? (jide Linnceus).

2220. ^aphula * semiatra, Fah-m. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1846, p. 494,
t. iii, ff. 18, 19, t. vii, f. 20; Atikm. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 91

(1885).

" Brownish-black, shining ; pronotum somewhat elevated in the
middle, terminating posteriorJy by a defined rounded border ;
tegmina free, shining black, the apical third transparent ;
abdomen beneath, anterior legs, knees and tarsi yellowish;,
posterior legs blackish."' (Fmrmaire.)

"Length 6 millim.

Hab. Coromandel ? {Jide Fairmaire).

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Gen ? fuscata, Fahr. (Membracis) Syst. Rhyng. p. 9 (1803) ;
Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1846, p. 247; Atkins. J. A. S. B.
liv, p. 79 (1885).

" Thorax foliaceous, rounded, fuscous ; streak before the anterior
margin and posterior fascia white." (Fabncius.)

This species was localized as from " India," but it has never
been identified by other workers.

Kleidos VOmeris, Buckt. Monogr. Membrac. p. 214, t. xlviii, f. 2, a
(1903) ; Melich. Wien. Ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. 296 (1905).

There is little doubt as to this being an Ethiopian species.
Buckton gave the habitat as Ceylon, probably misled by an
erroneous label on the specimen submitted to him (" WoUaston
Collection"). I now possess a cotype of the species identified
and labelled by Buckton himself from Old Calabar, and he more
recently described a species from^ Zanzibar in the same genus.
Moreover, Melichar has recorded "a", vomeris from East Africa.

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* Scaphula is a preoccupied name for which Kirkaldy has proposed Tristan.
as a substitute (Entomologist, xxxiv, p. 6, 1901).

DARTHULA. 77

The following very peculiar genus affords considerable taxo-
nomical difticultv. Its describer seems quite correctly to have
placed it near ^EthaUon, Latr.," which .Stal lias located at the end
of the Centrotince (Membraciclse). Ashmead (' Ent. Americana,'
V, p. 125, 1889) uses '^Ethalion as the type of his subfamily
'^ ^thalionince, which he places in the Blythoscopidoe, influenced by
the " general facies and the position of the ocelli."
^ The provisional view held here is that 'l)art7mla is allied to
JSthalion and the position selected by Stal for the latter genus is
used, rather than that of Ashmead. Some caution is, however,
necessary in making this choice, for despite frequent statements
to the contrary, some writers, especially Bei'groth and Eeuter, have
chosen to regard these volumes on the Indian lihynchota as purely
taxonomical contributions and to severely criticise any departure
from what, according to their point of view, should be a compul-
sory classification. From this ruling we entirely dissent, and
regard final classiticatory schemes as yet unattained. Our object
is to render the Indian Ehynchota recognizable, not for ])edantic
division, but for the more impoi'tant object of bionomical and
economic observation.

^ Genus DAETHULA.

Urophora, G. R. Gray *, Griff. Ed. Anim. Kingd., Ins. \\, p. 261
, (1832), nom. prfeocc.
\/Darthula, Kirk. Entomoloyist, 1900, p. 242 (n. nom.).

Type, D. Jiardwicki, Gray.

Distribution. Oriental Hegion,

Face concealed beneath the frontal edge of pronotum, the eyes
only visible as seen from above, between eyes convexly transversely
ridged, before which it is foveate and beyond which it is laterally
deflected ; pronotum moderately compressed with a central strong
longitudinal lunulate ridge, as seen from above the lateral margins
narrowing anteriorly, the posterior margin carinate ; scutellum
distinct, triangular, apically subacute ; abdomen provided with a
long apical process, about or nearly as long as the whole body,
covered with long bristly hairs, with a strong triangular tubercle
at base, its apex inconspicuously bituberculate ; femora moderately
thickened, tibiae much shorter than femora, tarsi with the apical
joint longer than the two basal joints together, claws very robust ;
abdomen narrowing to apex, beneath concave, posterior segmental
margins ridged, above convex ; tegmina coriaceous, apically
narrowed, the apex obtusely subacute, costal margin moderately
convex, densely and reticulately veined, the veins raised and
prominent, costal area very broad ; wings shorter and narrower
than tegmina, with two long apical areas, anal area divided into
irreg\ilarly shaped interspaces.

* Kirkalcly {siq^ra) gives Westwood as the describer of ttis genus and the
*^type hardwicki, but does not state his reason for doing so.

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MEMBRACID^.

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2221. Darthula hardwicki, Gray (Urophora), Griff. Anim. Kijigd.,

Ins. ii, p. 261, t. xc, f. 3 ; "t. cxxxviii, ^5 a, d (1832) ; Atkins.

J. A. S. B. liv, p. 116 (1885): Kirk. (Dcarthiila ) Entomologist,

1900, p. 242.

Pronotum and scutellum feiTuginous or piceous-brown, the
central and posterior marginal carinations paler in hue ; abdomen
and body beneath testaceons-brown ; femora testaceous, tibiae and
tarsi piceous ; tegmina ferruginous or piceous-brown, with the
venation testaceous ; pronotum finelj' rugulosely punctate, the

Fig. 64. — Dartlmla hardioicki.

central carination laminately raised ; abdomen above with the seg-
mental margins more or less ochraceous ; wings pale bronzy-brown ;
posterior process piceous or piceous-brown, clothed with erect
bristly hairs.

Length (excl. post, process) 12 to 17 ; length post, process 13
to 17 ; exp. tegm. 26 to 38 millim.

Hah. Sikhim. Assam ; Margherita (Doherty), Khasi Hills
(Chennell), Naga Hills (Godiuin-Austen), Darjeeling (Coll. Dist.).
Nepal. Burma : Euby Mines {Doherty). — W. Yunnan {Coll.
Dist.).

CERCOPID,^.

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^ Family CERCOPIDiE.

^ Ranatrfe, Germ, (part) Mar/. Ent. iv, p. 34 (1821).

C* Cercopides, Amy. <§• 'S'e/-r. Hem. p. 558 (1843). __

c^Cercopida. St&I, Hem. Afric. iv, p. 54 (1866) ; id. Hem. Fahr. u,

p 11 (1869) ; Fieb. Rev. Mar,. Zool. (3) iii, p. 328 (1875).
^ Cercopina, Stdl, Ofu. Vet.-Ak. Fdrh. 1870, p. 718.
Cercopida3, Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 5 (1885).

Face convex, or produced and compressed on either side ; ocelli
two, placed near base of vertex ; pronotum large, sexangular or
trapezoidal; scutellum (excepting in the 3fac7icerotince) small or
medium sized, triangular : tegmina usually coriaceous ; legs remote
from the sides of the body, with the coxae, especially the posterior
pair, short ; tibise cylindrical, the posterior pair furnished with one
or two spines and with a circlet of spinules at the apex.

The Cercopida? of British India are notable as including the
membracid-like Maclicerotina', and exhibiting a great abundance
of large and beautiful species in the Cercophicc. We now possess
a considerable knowledge of the family. The Neotropical fauna
has been largely described by Stal, Berg, and Fowler. Stal,
Karsch, and the present writer among others, have described
many of the Ethiopian species and genera. The Nearctic and
Palgearctic Cercopidae are best known and more thoroughly worked ;
while Matsumura and Oshanin have lately published enumerations
and descriptions of those found in Japan and China. In Australia
probably most still requires to be done.

^ Synopsis of Subfamilies.

A. Anterior margin of pronotum rounded or
angulate ; eyes moderately transverse. r
Scutellum strongly elevated, posteriorly com- /

pressed, armed with a long apical spine . .^ 3fachcerohnce.
b. Scutellum flat, triangular ^ Aphrophorinai.

B. Anterior margin of pronotum straight ; eyes ^

equally long as broad Cercopinm.

\> Subfamily I. MACHyEROTIN^.

^ ^ Machferotida, St&l, Hem. Afric. iv, p. 55 (1866). _

V^ Machisrotina, Stdl, Of v. Vet.- Ah. Fdrh. 1870, p. /27 ; Atkms.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 22 (1885).
Anterior margin of pronotum round or angular ; legs usually
transverse; scutellum much elevated, compressed posteriorly,
furnished with a long or moderately long apical spine.

This subfamily distinctly links the Membracidae with the
CercopidiB. Some writers reverse the position of these two
families ; but in either case the 3IacJi(erotince are placed next to
the Membracidffi, with which they are often confused by those
who have not specially studied the Homoptera.

a.

80 I cercopidjE.

^ Synopsis of Oenera.

A. Scutellum very prominent, obliquely raised, J

and furnished watli a long- apical spine . . C'Mach^rota, p. 80.

B. Scutellum not prominently raised, centrally

ovately foveate, apical spine of moderate^

length \f Mach.^ropsis, p. 84.

^ ^ Genus MACHiEIlOTA.

Machserota, Burm. Kandb. Ent. ii, 1, p. 128 (1835) ; Atkins.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 22 (1885) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 137
/ (1903).
v6 Narnia, Walk. J. Linn. Soc, Zool. x, p. 192 (1868).

/ O Type, M. ensifera, Burm.

Distribution. Oriental, Malayan, and Australasian Eegions.

" Head small, face tumid, confluent with the vertex, furrowed
in the middle, elevated at the posterior margin, bearing the two
ocelli which are approximate ; basal joints of antennae large,
terminal setse long, fine, curved ; pronotum septangular, arcuate ;
scutellum larger, produced backward, with a median longitudinal
groove v\'hich is continued into a long, pointed, acute upwardly,
curved downwardly, sabre-like process ; tegmina hyaline, with
seven cells at the apex and a large middle cell surrounded by a
forked-vein ; legs simple, hinder tibiae and two first joints of
tarsi with a circlet of spinules." (Burmeister.)

The above description, as translated by Atkinson, gives all the
salient points of this remarkable genus, Atlie peculiar habits of
which are detailed under the description otm. guttigera, Westw.

O 2222. Machaerota ensifera, Burtn. Handb. Ent. ii, 1, p. 128 (1835) ;
Stdl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1870, p. 727 ; Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent.
(1879), Bull. p. xlviii ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 22 (1885).

Pale ochraceous, the second and third abdominal segments
i,bove, face (excluding lateral margins), a space on each side of

^- Fig. 65. — MachcBrota ensifera

metanotum, and the base of the posterior scutellar process, black ;
pronotum with four longitudinal greyish fasciae, the lateral margins
narrowly of the same colour ; scutellum with the lateral margins

.^^.

mach,t;rota. 81

greyisti, and centrally loncritudiually more obsoletely of the same
colour; tegmina pale ochraceous, subhyaline, the venation prominent
especially on apical area ; pronotum and scutellum finely granulose;
posterior process long, strongly arched, its apex extending rather
beyond the apices of tegmina.

Length incl. tegm. 6 niillim.

Hah. Silhet {fide Signoret). — Philippines.

2223. Machaerota guttigera, Westw. Tr. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 332,
t. viii, ff. 1-15 ; Ilelich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 137 (1903).

I have not seen this species^ Westwood writes : — "The Ceylon
insect agrees with the type \M. ensifera, Burm.) in size and
general appearance ; but the head is more pointed in front and
is concolorous, whereas it is black in M. ensifem, which latter is
destitute of the very minute dark dots with which the Ceylon
species is marked both on the body and also on the fore wings.
The specimens of the latter (preserved, however, in spirits) are
uniformly pale luteous-coloured, whilst in the Philippine insect
the pvothorax is marked with fine slender brown longitudinal vitta?,
and the sides of the middle segments of the abdomen are black."
" Long. corp. circ. lin. 3. Expans. tegminum cii'c. lin. 6."
Hah. Ceylon {S. Green. Oxford Mus.).

M. guttj/jera seems to come near the species described by
"Walker ks^Narnia rastrata, which was taken by AVallace on the
island of Plores (J. Linn, Soc, Zool. x, p. 193, 1867).

Mr. Staniforth Green sent Prof. Westwood some valuable
bionomical notes relative to this species. " The larva resides in a
tube, which is fixed on a twig or leaf-stalk of the Suriya tulip
tree {Adansonia digitata) on the end of the branches. The
perfect insect, no doubt, deposits its eggs in the same way that
' Aproiitlioy^a * spumaria lays hers ; but I have not yet noticed the
growth of the tube. I had one under observation for about a
week, and could, with the aid of a lens, see the movements of the
larva inside. Its position in the tube was head downwards, and
it seemed to be continually working its anus against and round
about the inside of the tube near its orifice. At intervals a clear
water-like fluid was discharged from its anus, which would escape
from the tube drop by drop. I allowed some of this to fall upon
a clear slip of glass, but it did not seem to congeal. The water
seems to drop from the tube day and night, for I have seen it
dropping before suni-ise. Our insect has a life of some weeks in
the larval state, and never shows itself outside of its tube until
it is ready to assume its perfect state. The change occurs early
in the morning, generally between six and seven o'clock, shortly
after sunrise. First of all a quantity of little bubbles appear in
the form of a knot at the mouth of the tube. Then the pupa
comes out tail first, and takes up a position on the top of the
tube (transversely, like the letter T) and in the middle of the

•3 * Ptyclus spumarhis, cf. p. 87.
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bubbles. In about ten minutes it completely extricates itself
from its old skin, and the curved horn of its thorax seems to
uncurl .... The full-sized larva tubes are about balf an incb long
and about a line in diameter. They are about the thickness of
writing-paper, of a dirty whitish colour, with the surface finely
transversely wrinkled."

j 0 Fig. 66.— Larval tubes of Macharota gutiigcra.

1, 2, 3. The tube of the larva seen in difterent position.s ; magnified.

4, 5. Basal portion of the tube, showing the manner in which it is made
to clasp the twig to which it is affixed. (After Westwood.)

Atkinson (J. A. S. B. Ivii, p. 336) states that he has pro-
cured several specimens of these tubes (sp. ?) on the common
Jujube {Ziziij)lms) in Calcutta. These were serpuliform and re-
sembled the letter J without the transverse bar at the top ; the
foot, too, was curved over to embrace the twig on which they
rested, and the length varied from half to two-thirds of an inch.

/ o2224. Machserota spangbergi, Su/n. Ann. Soc. But. Fr., Bull. 1879,
^ p. xlviii ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 22 (1885).

" Yellowish-brown ; the median part of the face, the tip of the
abdomen above, and the genital organs black ; legs brownish,
posterior tibia? yellow with the tips black. Differs froiii M. ensifera
in having the frontal grooves black, and the tegmina longer and
less rounded at the tip."

"Length 4 millim. $ ."

Bab. Silhet ( ide >Su/noret).

In the British Museum collection are two specimens in bad
condition and labelled " India " which seem to agree fairly well
with the above description ; otherwise the species is unknown
to me.

x/:

MACHiEROTA. 83

2225. Machaerota punctulata, Su/n. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., Bull. 1879
. p. xhx; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 23 (1885). '

" Brownish-yellow, with the middle of the face, the abdomen
above (except at the base), the legs (except the posterior tibire),
and the frontal grooves, black ; several transverse black spots on
the pronotum, which is very finely punctured; metauotum brownish
with two yellow, lateral, basal spots, tlie tip and the process
blackish ; tegmnia elongate, five-celled, and above the marginal
two to three others smaller, very distinct ; the hyaline veins are
spotted with several brown dots."

" Length 4 millim. $ ."

Hah. Silhet {fide Signoret).

I have not seen this species.

Aas

2226. Machasrota andamanensis, sp. n.

Purplish-black ; face concolorous ; scutellum ferruginous at
base, the posterior process ochraceous, an arcuate lateral fasciate
spot on each side near base, its posterior margin, and the base of
the posterior process greyish-white ; posterior tibia) (excluding
base and apex) ochraceous ; tegmina hyaline, the base and venation
purplish-black. A slender elongate species ; pronotum and scu-
tellum finely granulose, the lateral pronotal angles obtusely sub-
prominently angulate ; posterior scutellar process long, strongly
curved, slightly passing the tegminal apices ; tegmina narrow,
apically subacute.

Length inch tegm. 6 millim.

Hah. Andaman Islands {Rogers, Brit. Mus.).

4^227. Machaerota flavolineata, sp. n.

Head black, margins of vertex, and face ochraceous ; pronotum
and scutellum dark purplish-brown, the first with a fine central
carination and the lateral mnrgins a little paler in hue: scutellum
with ^ a broad elongate spot at each basal angle, its posterior
margin, the margins of the posterior groove, and a small spot at
base of posterior process stramineous or ochraceous ; posterior
process castaneous, black at base and apex ; sternum dark purplish-
brown ; abdomen piceous, ochraceous above near base ; femora dark
castaneous or piceous, tibiae and tarsi ochraceous ; tegmina pale
shining ochraceous, subhyaline, purplish-brown at extreme base ;
pronotum and scutellum granulose, posterior process only mode-
rately curved and not reac-liing tegminal apices ; pronotum broad
and robust, the lateral angles broadly subprominent.

Length inch tegm. 7 millim.

Hah. Burma; Karen Hills {Doherty). Tenasserim ; Myitta
{Dolierty).

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84 ceecopidjE.

^2228. Machaerota planitiae, sp. n.

Body above pale tawny-brown ; a spot at apex of vertex and
three longitudinal angulated series of small dots on each side of
pronotum, the outermost of which is marginal, black ; a central
carination and the posterior lateral margins to pronotum ochra-
ceous ; basal lateral margins and a central carination to scutellum
ocbraceous, its apical area and posterior spine castaneous, the
latter with an elongate ochraceous spot at base ; abdomen above
pale ochraceous, laterally and apicaliy black ; face centrally lon-
gitudinally black, the lateral striations castaneous ; body beneath
and legs brownish-ochraceous, posterior tibia; (excluding bases and
apices) stramineous ; tegmina subhyaline, talc-like, when closed
the basal two-thirds reflecting the dark body beneath, most of the
veins finely spotted with fuscous, the subapical margin more
prominently fuscous ; pronotum palely pilose, which partly hides
the coarse punctures beneath ; scutellar spine about reaching apex
of tegmina, but longly passing apex of abdomen, elevated and
strongly curved downward ; the scutellum thickly puuctate.

Length excl. tegm. 7 millim.

Hah. Bengal; Pusa, Raj puttee, Muzaffarpur (if/z-oy). Bombay
Province ; Igatpuri {Lefroy).

^ Genus MACHiEROPSIS.

I Machseropsis, MelicJi. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 137 (1903).

"i ^ Type, M. valida, Melich.
Distribution. Ceylon.

Head broad and short, about half the medial length of pro-
notum, the apex laterally and transversely incised for the reception
of base of face ; ocelli placed behind this restricted area and much
nearer to each other than to eyes ; face globose, transversely
striate ; pronotum convex, anteriorly reclined, very strongly angu-
larly excavate before scutellum, anteriorly convexly rounded,
anterior lateral margins short and slightly projecting ; scutellum
very large and long, centrally ovately foveate, beyond which it
terminates in a prominent robust spine ; tegmina talc-like, sub-
liyaline, the veins very prominent and robust, the central margin
arched from a little beyond base, three apical and three discoidal
areas, elaval area containing three distinct cells, costal area
moderately broad and excavate ; wings hyaline, anal area broad
with a central vein not reaching its apex, its outer vein furcate at
apex ; legs moderate, posterior tibiae with a central spine ; abdomen
short, robust, compressed.

2229. MachSBropsis valida, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 138, t. iv,
f. 19, a, b, c (1903).

Body and legs ferruginous-brown, more or less shaded with

APHEOPHORIN.E.

black ; seutellum brown ish-ochraceous ; body beneath and legs a
little paler than above ; face with the striations and the posterior
central ai-ea black; legs streaked with ferruginous-brown; tegmina
talc-like, semihyaline, the veins and apical marginal area castaneous-
brown, the veins and costal area spotted with black ; wings pale

Fig. 67.—MacIiceropsis vcdida.

hyaline, the venation fuscous ; head transversely wrinkled ; pro-
notum transversely striate ; foveate area of tlie seutellum faintly
transversely striate.

Length excl. tegni. 6| millira. ; exp. tegm. 18 millini.

Hah. Ceylon ; Maskeliya {Green).

Subfamily II. APHROPHORIN^.

^Aphrophorides, Amy. Sj- Serv. Hem. p. 563 (1843).
^Aphrophorida, Stal, Hem. Afr. iv, pp. 55 & 66 (1866).
(Apbrophorina, Htal. Of v. Vet. -Ah. Fdrh. 1870, p. 722.
iPtyeliiise, Fowler, Biol. Cejitr.-Am., Rhynch. Horn, ii, p. 190 (1897).
iCercopiufe, Kirk. Rep. Exp. Stat. Haw. Plant. Assoc, pt. ix, p. 380
(1906).

The Aphrophorinse, like the IMachaerotinse, have the anterior
margin of the pronotum rounded or angulate, and the eyes mode-
i-ately transverse, but differ by having the seutellum of ordinary
size, flat, and triangular.

The Aphrophoriuse reach their maximij^n development in the
Ethiopian Region, especially in the genus Ptyelus. Many of the
Aphrophorinae secrete a quantity of fluid and in the immature
stages emit this fluid in the form of bubbles, and are thus known
as " cuckoo-spits '"' or '' frog-spits." These bubbles conceal the
insect, and are considered by some as exhibiting a protective
device. In Madagascar Ptyelus r/oudoti has been reported to exude
so much fluid, that five or six dozen larva3 can about fill a quart
vessel in an hour and a half. The 'Aphrophorinre are almost
universally distributed.

86 CEECOPID^.

Synopsis of Genera.

A. Vertex of liead broader tban loug, convexly

rounded anteriorly.

a. Head and pronotum not centrally longitudin-

ally carinate.

a. 0(,>elli about equally or farther removed

from each other than from eyes.
a . Face more or less convexly produced.
a'^. Clypeus slightty passing the apices f

of the anterior coxae Poophill'S, p. 86.

b'^. Olypeus reaching but not extending ,

beyond the apices of anterior coxse . 'Ptyelus, p. 87.
b'. Face more or less flattened, not con- .

vexly produced Clovia, p. 93.

b. Ocelli farther removed from eyes than from

each other.

«'. Posterior tibise with two spines Lepyronia, p. 97.

b'. Posterior tibise with one spine ' Thoodzata, p. 98.

b. Head and pronotum distinctly centrallj^ lon-

gitudinally carinate.

a. Head and pronotum with a single cenlral

carination ,Aphrophora, p. 99.

b. Pronotum tricarinate Jembrana, p. 104.

c. Head only centrally carinate ; pronotum non- .

carinate Sounama, p. 105.

B. Vertex of head as long or longer than broad,

subangularly or elongately produced.

a. Head not carinate. Ocelli nearer to each

other than to eyes Mandesa, p. 106.

b. Head centrally and laterally carinate.

a. Ocelli as near eyes as to each other. Face

sulcata Daha, p. 107.

b. Ocelli a little nearer to eyes than to each

other. Face centrally carinate PuipAGRA, p. 107.

Geuus POOPHILUS.
Poophilus, Stdl, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 72 (1866).

Type P. actuosus, Stal, a South -African species.

Distribution. Ethiopian and Oriental Eegioiis.

Head subangularly rounded, above tiattened, a little narrower
than the pronotum, anterior margin acute ; face moderately
convex, obsoletely transversely strigose, medially interrupted ; apex
of clypeus well produced, slightly passing the apices of the anterior
coxoe ; ocelli about equally far removed from eyes as from each
other ; pronotum sexangulate, the anterior lateral margins very
short, anterior margin broadly rounded; tegmiua apically narrowed,
apex narrowed, commissural margin to apex of tegmen straight,
behind clavus neither angulate nor rounded, costal margin rounded;
wings shorter and broader than tegmina.

2230. Poophilus COStalis, Walk. (Ttvelus) List Horn. iii. p. 70/

(18ol); ,SVf?/, (jft\ VH.-Ak.F6rh. 1862, p. 493 ; Atkijis. {Voo-
philus) J. A. S. B. liv. p. 114 (1885) ; Melich. (Ptyelus) Horn.
Faun. Ceylon, p. 134 (1903).

Ptyelus concolor, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 715 (1851).
<}■ Ptvelus dolosus, Walk. Lid Horn. Suppl. p. 189 (1858) ; Stdl, Ofv.

Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1862, p. 493.
^ Ptyelus immutatus, Walk. J. Linn. Soc, Zool. i, p. 96 (1857).
O Ptyelus rotuudatiis, Si</n. in Thorns. Arch. JEnt. ii, p. 332 (1858).
0 Ptyelus natalensis, «/?/, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1855, p. 97; id.

(Poopliilus) Hem. Afr. iv, p. 74 (1866).

Pale tawny or tawny-brown, shortly, thickly, griseously pilose
or pubescent ; central apical margin to vertex with five very small
black spots ; face (more or less), disk of sternum, and the anterior
and intermediate legs fuscous or piceous, apices of the femora

■roophilas coi'falis.

pale ; tegmina ^ith the costal margin paler, the paler coloration
becoming broader on apical area.

Length 9to 10 millim. ^ . , , -n- x c. *.

Hah. Dacca, Pusa {Lefroy) ; Bombay (Leith ^ Duvon) ■ Surat
(Lefroy) : Calcutta {Ind. Mus.); Bangalore (Cameron) ; Dum Dum
(Paiva); Darjiling (Coll. Disf.); Karachi (Coll Dist.). Ceylon;
Peradeniya, Nalanda, Anuradhapura (fide 3fgZic7iar).— Singapore
{Wallace). South and AVest Africa (fide ' Smi). Natal (Brit.
Mus.). jN'yasaland (Coll. Dlst.).

Genus PTYELUS.

Ptvelus, St. Farq. ^- Serv. Enc. Mcth. x, p. 608 (1825) ; Amy .f Serv
ire»i. p. 566 (1843j; Matsum. Joiirn. Sappora, Ayr. toll. p. 4»

Phitenus, St&l, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxv, p. 66 (1864) ; Fowler, Biol.
Centr.-Am., Rhynch. Horn, ii, p. 193 (1897).

'■ Type, P. spumarius, Linn., a Palaearctic species.

Distribution. Almost universally distributed.

Head with the vertex much broader than long, convexly rounded
anteriorly; face more or less convexly produced, transversely
striate but medially interrupted ; clypeus not passing the apices ot
anterior coxa? ; neither vertex nor pronotum centrally carinate ;
pronotum large, convex at anterior margin, deeply subangularly
sinuate before scutellura ; tegmina coriaceous, about three times

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as long as broad, costal margin convex, apices narrowed ; wings
about one-fourth shorter than tegmina ; posterior tibife with two
spines.

It is in the Ethiopian Eegion that this genus is represented by
the largest and most beautiful species.

2231. Ptyelus nebulOSUS, Fabr. fCercopls) Syst. Ent. iv, p. 50, 14

(1794) ; id. Syst. lihyng. p. 94 (1803) ; Stdl (Clovia), Hem. Habr.

u, p. 16 (1869) ; Atkhis. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 21 (1885).
CPtYelus quadrideiis, Wallc. List Ho7n. iii, p. 711 (1851) ; Stdl,
. Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1862, p. 493.
^Ptyelus guttifer, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 712 (1851) ; Stdl (Clovia),

'Hem. Afr. iv, p. 75 (1866) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 20

(1885).

Very pale yellowish-grey, distinctly and thickly pilose; two
' small black spots on anterior margin of head, visible both above
and beneath ; tegmina obscurely or darkly fuscous, with a very
oblique anterior fascia, a somewhat large spot varied witli fuscous
at the commissure, an obliquely transverse spot beyond the middle
of the costal margin, and a minute costal spot towards the apex,
yellowish-grey ; in some specimens the pronotum possesses two
central^ more or less abbreviated dark longitudinal lines and a
lateral subtriangular spot, but in the specimens I have examined
these are generally absent, the lateral margins of the scutellum are
also sometimes fuscescent ; the vertex is slightly shorter than the
pronotum at middle, and is subangularly rounded in front ; the
pronotum has two small but distinct foveate spots near its anterior
margin and is posteriorly angularly sinuate ; the face is distinctly
transversely striate on its lateral areas ; tegmina about two and a
half times as long as broad.

Length 9 to 10 millim.

Hah. North Bengal {Miss Camphell, Brit. Mus.) ; Jamalpur
(Lefroy) ; Calcutta (Brit. Mus.) ; Bombay (Di.von) ; Igatpuri,
Dacca (Lefroj/) ; Bangalore {Cameron, Ind. Miis.); Madras (CoZZ,
Dist.). Ceylon ; Eppawela {Green).

^ 2232. Ptyelus affinis, sp. n.

A larger species than P. nehulosus, with the vertex of head pro-
portionally shorter to length of pronotum.

Dark fiiscous-browu ; thickly pilose ; vertex, anterior marginal
area of pronotum, sometimes more than half the area, face, two
costal spots, a large irregular (both in shape and size) inner mar-
ginal fascia, and the apical area of the tegmina, ochraceous ; body
beneath and legs ochraceous ; face with two black spots at anterior
margin.

f Var. a. Above nearly uniformly pale brownish, the pale ochra-
ceous markings much more obscure, and the head and pronotum
wholly of that colour with obscure longitudinal darker lines.
U Var. h. Face with a central longitudinal piceous fascia.

PTYELUS. 89

Vertex of head distinctly shorter than central length of pro-
notuni, which is posteriorly angularly sinuate; tegmina two and a
half times as long as broad.

Length 10 to 12 millim.

Hah. Calcutta {Call. Dist.) ; Bombay (/>ia'03i) ; Xagpur, Mun-
shiganj and Pusa (Lefroij). Burma ; Maymyo {Biufjham).

C 2233. Ptyelus praBfractus, sp. n.

Head and pronotum pale ochraceous ; basal area of pronotum,
scutellLun, and tegmina very dai'k castaneous-brown ; an irregular
transverse fascia crossing tegmen at middle and an oblique sub-
apical costal spot greyish-white ; body beneath and legs pale
ochraceous ; a marginal spot before
each eye, disk of sternum between
anterior and intermediate coxdd, and
apices of tarsi dark castaneous :
vertex of head with an enclosed
rectangular space at anterior mar-
gin, the head much shorter than
the pronotum ; pronotum finely
tomentose, with a transverse series
of tine irregular foveations on its
anterior area; tegmina finely tomen-
tose ; face brond, globose, finely
transversely striate on each side,
centrally longitudinally flattened
and non-striate.
Var. Tegmina concolorous, without the greyish-white mai-kings.
Length 11 millim.
Ifab. Trivandrum (Coll. Dist.). Burma {Coll. Dlst.).

O Fig. ()!'. — Pti/cliis prcefvacius.

2234. Ptyelus hirsutus, Kirhy (Philfenus), J. Linn. Sac, Zool. xxiv,
p. 100 (1891) ; MelM. (Ptvelus) Horn. Faun. Ceyhn, p. 134
(1903j.

" Brownish-testaceous ; front transversely striated, separated by
a broad undivided medial space; two black spots, slightly showing
above, just below the middle of the convex and somewhat flattened
rim of the head ; antennae, tips of hind tibiae, and tarsal claws
black; tegmina pointed, with a pale obhque fascia on the
costa before the tip, a black spot at the tip, and another in a pale
ring, on the inner margin, at the extremity of the principal
nervure ; in one specimen a great part of the outer two-thirds of
the tegmina is blackish on the costa, as far as the oblique band ; it
is intersected at about two-thii'ds of the length of the costa by a
square pale patch on the costa, nearly connected with the point of
a pale subtriangular mark in the middle of the tegmina ; the
hinder portion of this dark space is concave towards the middle
of the tegmina, and runs narrowly towards the inner margin of

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the basal side of the pale space ; the whole insect is so thickly
covered with short pale bristles as to entirely conceal the sculp-
ture." (Kirhjj.)

I have thought it best to give Mr. Kirby's original description.
The head is about as long as the medial length of the pronotum.

Length 8 to 9 millini.

Hob. Ceylon; Putlam, Colombo, Kandy {Green). — Malay Pen-
insula ; Perak.

2235. Ptyelus sulcatus, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, and scutellum ochraceous-brown; body beneath
and legs paler ; tegmina fuscous-brown, a spot near base and an
obliqvie central fascia extending from clavus to costal margin
black ; three pale ochraceous spots on costal margin, one before
middle, another beyond middle, and the third small and subapical;
tarsal claws black ; body above somewhat thickly and palely pilose;
eyes black ; head shorrer than medial length of pronotum and
subangulai'ly rounded in front ; pronotum centrally longitudinally
sulcate from anterior margin to disk, its posterior margin sub-
angularly sinuate ; tegmina two and a half times as long as broad.

A slender elongate species to be recoguized by the sulcate
pronotum.

Length 8 millim.

Hah. Nepal ; Soondrijal.

223G. Ptyelus majusculus, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, scutellum, and tegmina castaneous-brown ;
abdomen above, body beneath and legs black or piceous ; margin
of abdominal segments ochraceous ; wings pale fuliginous with
some darker basal streaks, and the veins fuscous ; vertex and
pronot\un very shortly finely pilose, the first about half of the
medial length of the latter : scutehum with faint rransverse stria-
tions ; anterior margin of head beneath pale ca?taneous ; face
regularly transversely striated but medially interrupted ; posterior
tibiae with two long spines.

Length excl. tegm. 12-,V; exp. tegm. 35 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Margherita {Coll. DisL).

This is the largest species from British India with which I am
acquainted.

2237. Ptyelus inconspicuus, sp. n.

Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum brownish ochraceous,
very thickly, finely and shortly pilose ; body beneath and legs
black or piceous ; abdomen above shining black, the abdominal
segmental margins ochraceous ; base of rostrum testaceous ; teg-
mina ochreous-brown ; wings slightly fuliginous, a little more so
on a])ical areas, the veins fuscous ; head beneath and sternum
thickly, finely, palely pilose, face broadly centrally black, laterally

PTTELrS. 91

brownish, the transverse striations only distinct on the lateral
areas, centrally broadly depressed ; posterior tibiae with two long
spines ; anal segment of abdomen above spotted with ochraceous.

Length excl. tegm. 10 millim, ; exp. tegm, 26 millim.

Hah. Bombay {Dixon).

2238. Ptyelus sexvittatus, W(dk. List Horn, iii, p. 71o (IS-")!) ; Atkms.
J. A. S. i?. liv,p. 115 (188.5).

Head, pronotura, and ecutellum pale ochraceous, the head and
pronotum with six longitudinal dark castaneous fascije, the lateral
ones on head interrupted by tlie eyes, and the two central ones on
pronotum continued on scutellum ;
posterior disk of face, clypeus,
disk of prosternura, and abdomen
beneath black ; segmental inci-
sures, coxae and legs stramineous ;
a black spot on each side of face
at inner margins of eyes, and the
striations to anterior pale area
also black ; tegmina black, with
three large greyish-white spats,
one transverse near middle, the
other two beyond it, one on inner
and one on costal margin ; in some
specimens as the one above figured,
there are two longitudinal basal
ochraceous spots and the basal costal margin of the same colour.
The species varies in a tendency to melanism.
Length 6 to 7 millim.

Hah, " North India " {Warwicl:^ Brit. Mus.). Bombay {Lelth S,'
Mvon, Coll. Dist.).

Fig. 70. — I'ftjcliis sexvit(aiii<

2239. Ptyelus subfasciatus.

Fig. IL—Pti/dus mhjasi-iatus.
tegmina pale creamy - white.

Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 7-2X (18ol) ;
Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 116
(1885).

Head ochraceous with ob-
scure brownish longitudinal
fasciae ; pronotum ochraceous,
with six longitudinal fasciae and
the lateral margins nmber-
brown; soutellum with two
longitudinal fasciae; head and
body beneath ochraceous ; pos-
terior disk of face, clypeus,
and disk of prosternum black
or piceous : abdomen above pi-
ceous-brown, the segmental
margins and apex ochraceous ;
semi- opaque ; claval area, two

92 CERCOPIDiE.

irregular broad transverse fasciae, one near base the other beyond
middle, the latter narroA\ly connected Mith a broad apical margin,
umber-brown ; legs pale ochraceoiis.

Length 5 milliin.

Hah. " N. India " {Brit. Mus.). Pusa, kShripur {Lefroy).

This appears to be a very variable species. In some specimens
sent by Mr. Lefroy the dark fasciae to the tegmina are very pale,
and in some places almost obliterated.

2240. Ptyelus declaratus, Mdich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 133 (1903).

" Body somewhat long, upper surface black with thick depressed
grey hairs ; vertex and anterior border of pronotum pale yellowish,
tegmina with several pale yellow spots ; on the vertex between the
eyes a narrow^ rusty-yellow transverse fascia, within which lie the
ocelh ; on the face part of vertical upper plate an X-shaped rusty-
yellow figure, on both sides of this plate a short longitudinal dash;
face pale yellow, with brownish transverse furrows on each side
and two black dots at tip ; antennae black ; eyes somewhat long,
oval, brown ; in the front pale border of the pronotum a few
indistinct rusty-yellow spots, posterior margin of pronotum,
especially the hinder angles, usually yellowish-white ; scutellum
black, with two longitudinal stripes coalescing in front in an acute
angle and the apex yellow ; tegmina somewhat long, pointed
behind, black, with pale yellow spots, and an usually indented
oblique transverse spot in corium and clavus inclusive, before the
middle on the claval suture, outside this a roundish spot frequently
connected with a marginal spot on costal margin, and a similar
obhque almost quadrate marginal spot beyond middle ; on tip of
clavus and adjoining parts of corium a group of several indistinct
small spots, costal margin yellowish ; wings fuliginous with dark
veins ; pectus pale yellow, middle of mesopectus black ; abdomen
and legs pale yellow, tips of spines and claws black." {Melicluir.)

"Length 10 millim."

Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya, Kandy, Negombo, Patalam, Matala
{fide Melicfiar).

I have not seen this species.

^241. Ptyelus pallidus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 135 (1903).

" Pale stramineous, with thick silk-like depressed hairs ; vertex
as long as pronotum, rounded, slightly arched ; face longer than
broad ; two little brownish spots visible in scutellum which are
generally covered by the hind border of pronotum ; a very small
brown dot behind tlie tip of clavus ; body beneath and legs pale
yellowish ; middle of pectus black ; tips of spines to posterior
tibice and all the claws, black. ^

"This species is hke a pale variety of P. spnmarms, hwt the
shape is considerably smaller and the face longer and more rounded
at tip." {Melichar.)

"Length 4| millim."
Hah. Trichinopoly (Mtts. Honr/rois).

I have no knowledge of this species, and therefore reproduce
Dr. Melichar's description.

Genus CLOVIA.

'Clovia, Stal, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 7o (1866) ; id. Ofo. Vet.-Ak. Fork.
1870, p. 724 ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 20 (1885) ; Melich. Horn.
Faun. Ceylon, p. 135 (1903).

<^ .

Type, C. bir/oti, Sign., a West-African species.

Distribution. Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australasian Eegions.

Head as broad as the pronotum, rounded anteriorly or sub-
angularly rounded, varying in length, flat above, anterior margin
of the lobes of the vertex acute, not furrowed ; face somewhat
convex ; clypeus moderately produced at apex, not extending
beyond apices of the anterior coxae ; ocelli variable in position ;
pronotum sexangular, with the anterior lateral margins usually
very short, parallel, or very slightly diverging backward ; scu-
tehum longer than broad ; tegmina with the commissural margin
beyond apex of clavus subangulated or a little rounded ; posterior
tibiae bispinose. {Stdl.)

22^2. Clovia conifer, Walk. (Ptyelus) List Horn, iii, p. 711 (1851);

Atkins. (Clovia) J. A. S. B. liv, p. 114 (1885).
Ptyelus simulans, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 717 (1851).
Ptvelus frenulatus, Stdl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1854, p. 250 ; id.

Free/. Fur/. Resa, Ins. p. 286 (1859) ; id. Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork.

1862, p. 493 ; id. (Clovia) torn. cit. 1870, p. 726.

Plavescent, testaceous or fuscous, subsericeous ; vertex and
pronotum in some specimens with distinct dai'ker longitudinal

Fig. 72. — Clovia conifer.

lines, in others these are obsolete ; face castaneous with ochra-
ceous margins ; lateral areas of the sternum castaneous, with a

94 CEECOPID^.

Jongitudinal ochraceous fascia ; legs ochraceous, annulated with
dark castaneous, in some specimens nearly wholly castaneous with
the tarsi ochraceous; tegmina with a large median and larger
apical, costal, hyaline or subhyaline spot; head between the eyes
subtriangularly rounded, its length almost as long as centre of
pronotum, which is posteriorly angularly sinuate ; tegmina about
two and a half times as long as broad.

Length 8 millim.

Hah. Sikhim: Mungphu. Nilgiri Hills (i/o5)?j:>son). Munshiganj,
Eastern Bengal and Assam {Lefroy). Burma ; Eangoon (Bwgham),
Euby Mines {Doherty). — Malay Peninsula. Java. Philippines.

A variable species in colour and markings. When the tegmina
are dark in hue the pale spots are very conspicuous, and are some-
times pale ochraceous and not hyaline ; in pale-coloured specimens
the spots are much more indistinct.

^

' 2243, Clovia puncta. Walk. (Ptyelns) List Horn, iii, p. 718 (1851);
Sm, Ofv. Vet.-Ah. Fork. 18G2, p. 49-3 ; Atkins. (Clovia)
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 11.5 (1885).
<^Ptyelus bipimctipennis, StSl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1854, p. 250 ;
id. (Clovia) Heni. Afr. iv, p. 75 (1866).

Pale tawny-brown, thickly, shortly and finely more palely
pilose ; face with the disk more or less piceous, its lateral margins
and lateral margins of sternum continuously greyish ; sternum
with a piceous spot behind each anterior coxa ; tegmina with a
small black spot at posterior angle of inner margin ; head a little
shorter than the medial length of pronotum, anterior central area
with ti)ree pale longitudinal lines ; anterior margin of face pale
ochraceous, with a black spot on each side ; pronotum with some
very indistinct darker longitudinal lines.

Length 6 millim.

Hah. Sikhim ; Mungphu (AtJdnson). Pusa, Muzaffarpur,
Palamau, Kagpur (Lefroy). Bombay {Dixon). Surat, Poona
{Lefroy). Calcutta.

A very distinct species by its almost uniform pale coloration
above, with the black spot near the apex of inner margin to
tegmina.

Atkinson (J. A. S. B. Iv, p. 196, 1886) states that this species
" includes apparently Piyelus orientalis, Stfil (Freg. Eug. Eesa,
Hem. p. 287, 1859) from China," which seems a well-founded
suggestion.

2244. Clovia bipunctata, Firby, J. Zmw. Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. 163
(1891) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 136 (1903).

Allied to C. puncta in colour and markings, but with the

95

Pig. 73. — Clovla Jiipunctata.

apical area of the tegmina subhyaliiie and crossed by two

irregularly bent oblique tawny
fasciae, the subapical margin of
the same colour, a black spot at
posterior angle of inner margin ;
head as long as medial length
K^ of pronotum.

^r — To be distinguished from the
f "kju preceding species by the greater
1^\ length of the head and the
different markings to the apical
area o£ the tegmina.
Length 6 to 8 milliin,
Hab. Bengal ; Pusa {Lefroy).
Calcutta (^n»«nffe?e). Ceylon ;
Pundaluoya {Green).

^2245. Clovia lineaticollis, Motsch. (Aphrophora) Etud. Ent. p. 110
(1859); Melich. (Clovia) Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 135 (1903).
O Clovia perstrigata, Kirby, J. Linn. Sue, ZooL xxiv, p. 162 (1891).

Above chestnut-brown, thickly shortly finely pilose, with fine
slender longitudinal ochraceous fasciae between the eyes and an
outer one on each side interrupted by
the eyes, continued posteriorly through
the pronotum, scutellum, and basal area
of the tegmina ; tegmina with the base
of costal margin, a large costal spot
before middle, the veins, and two longi-
tudinal fascias on apical area (one costal,
the other central) ochraceous ; a large
obhque subapical pale ochraceous or
subhyaline spot commencing on costal
margin and joining the inner apical
fascia; body beneath and legs pale
ochraceous ; lateral margins of face and
presternum, a large spot occupying
central base of face and disk of prosternum, stripes (variable) to
legs and tarsal claws, dark castaneous or piceous ; head about as
long as medial length of pronotum ; tegmina about two and a half
times as long as broad.
Length lo millim.

Hab. Ceylon; Pundaluoya, Kandy (GVeen), Gamaduwa,Patipolla,
A^eligama (Jide Melkhar).

2246. Clovia margheritae, sp. n.

Marked above generally as in C. UneaticoUis, but darker and the
longitudinal fasciae more pronounced ; tegmina with the outer

Fig. 74.
\ Clovia lineaticollis.

96 CEECOPID.li.

area very dark, basal costal mai-giii not ochraceons ; aa inner longi-
tudinal stripe on basal area, a spot on costal margin before middle,
and two longitudinal fasciae on apical area, the innermost curved,
the outermost shorter and subcostal ; face pale castaneous, a
central fascia and its lateral areas black, the obUque strise on
castaneous areas also black ; body beneath and legs ochraceons,
prosternum and inconstant stripes to legs black or piceous ; head
about as long as medial length of pronotum, the posterior margin
of which is more angularly sinuate than in C. lineaiicoUis, its
anterior lateral margins also a little more angulate.

Length 10 millim.

Hab. Assam ; Margherita (Coll. Dist.).

2247. Clovia signata, sp. u.

Pale ochraceons, with longitudinal black fasciae. Head and
pronotum with six longitudinal fasciae ; scutellum with two fasciae ;
tegmina with two longitudinal fasciae on claval area, the inner-
most broken, remaining tegminal area largely black ; two spots on
costal margin — one at and the other beyond middle — three longi-
tudinal fasciae on apical area, and two discal irregular spots near
olaval margin ochraceons ; body beneath black ; face (excluding
base), two lateral spots on prosternum, posterior margins of
abdominal segments, and the legs ochraceons, finely pilose ; head
about as long as medial length of pronotum ; tegmina two and a
half times as long as broad.

Length 9 millim.

Hab. Nilgiri Hills (Hamjyson).

C 2248. Clovia andamanensis, sp. n.

Ochraceous, with dark castaneous stripes and fasciae. Head
and pronotum with six longitudinal stripes ; on the pronotum
there are three intermediate lines, the central one continuous, the
other two only extending half the distance from base ; scutellum
with two longitudinal fasciae ; tegmina with three longitudinal
stripes in cla\al area, the central medially connected with the
upper margin ; remaining tegminal area dark castaneous or
piceous ; an oblique fascia before middle, some connected angu-
lated fasciae on disk, and the apical area ochraceous ; on the latter
three dark castaneous fasciae, the largest and widest subcostal,
the other two shortest and only slightly separated near inner
margin ; body beneath and legs ochraceous • anterior margins of
face and lateral margins of head beneath and prosternum dark
castaneous or piceous ; head about as long as medial length of
pronotum, posterior pronotal margin strongly angularly sinuate ;
tegmina a little less than two and a half times as long as broad.

Length 11 millim,

Hab. Andaman Islands (Be Roepstorff, Brit. 2Ius.).

LEPYRONJA. 97

2240. Clovia roepstorffi, sp. n.

Much .smaller than C. andamanensis ; pronotum without the
three intermediate lines as in that species ; tegmiua black or
piceous, with an inwardlA'-curved fascia commencing at inner base
of clavus and terminating near middle of costal margin ; a short
discal longitudinal fascia, a curved fascia on apical area which
commences on costal margin at about one-fourth from apex and
also occupies the whole of apical margin, and narrow inner claval
margin ochraceous ; body beneath and legs ochraceous ; anterior
margin of face and lateral margins of head beneath black.

Length 9 millini.

Hab. Andaman Islands (De Roepstorff, Brit. Mm.).

"'2250. Clovia humeralis, Kirby, J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. 162
(1891) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 137 (1903).

" Head, pronotum, and scutellum dull testaceous ; head and
pronotum with two dull reddish stripes, rather wider behind, on
each side of the median line ; a shorter one, darker behind, within
and behind each eye ; head with the front reddish, below which is
a blackish half-circle ; otherwise testaceous beneath, as are also
the sides of the thorax and abdomen and the legs beyond the
middle of the femora ; otherwise the under surface of the body is
blackish ; tegmina pointed in the middle, so that there is no
proper hind margin, chestnut-brown, \\\W\ a testaceous stripe on
the basal thii'd of the costa, broadest at the extremity; a slender,
transverse, submarginal stripe at the extremity of the costa,
preceded by another broad transverse stripe running from the
costa just below the tip and ceasing in a point before reaching the
inner margin ; on the outer half of the inner margin thei-e are
some smaller and more irregular testaceous spots and streaks,
which ru uup to the middle of the tegmina on the basal side."
{Kirhxj^

Length 10 millim.

Hab. Ceylon {Mus. Bet-Jin) ; Pundaluoya (Green, Brit. Mus.).

Genus LEPYRONIA.

Lepyronia, Amy. ^ Serv. Hem. p. 567 (1843) ; Stdl., Hem. Afr. iv,
p." 66 (1866); Fieb. Rev. May. Zool. (3) iii, p. 382 (1875) ; Ball,
Rep. loiva Acad. Sci. 1898, p. 217 ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 132 (1903); Matsmn. Journ. Sapporo AyrH. Coll. n, p. 23
(1903).

'Type, L. coleojytrata, Linn., a Palsearctic species.

Distribution. Palaearctic, Nearctic, and Oriental Eegions.

Face as long as pronotum at middle, rather more tlian half as
long as breadth between eyes ; vertex subangularly convexly
anteriorly produced : ocelli less removed from each other than
from eyes ; antennae inserted in deep grooves near the inner

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98 CERCOPID^.

anterior margins of eyes, the two basal joints cylindrical, the
third globular, fixed in a hollow of the second joint and termi-
nating in a long bristle ; tegmina strongly convexly arched, with
almost imperceptible veins ; posterior tibiae with two strong
spines.

^2251. Lepyronia picta, Melich. Rom. Faun. Ceylon, p. 132 (1903).

Head, pronotum, and scutellum pale
yellowish; vertex with four curved trans-
verse dark fasciae, two on anterior and two
near posterior margin ; face with the
margins and a crescentic fascia at posterior
margin black ; pronotum with the lateral
margins and four longitudinal fasciae black,
the two central fasciae continued on scu-
tellum ; legs piceous-brown, bases and
apices of femora pale yellowish, posterior
tarsi of the latter colour with the claws
black ; tegmina purplish-black ; three spots
Fig. 75. in clavus, some discal spots, a large costal

*■' Lepyronia picta. spot before middle, a large costal apical

spot, and the apical veins greyish-white, the
apical spot divided by a transverse dark line and posteriorly
margined with a similar colour.
Length 5 to 5^ millim.
Hah. Ceylon (Lewis, Coll. Dist.).

' Genus THOODZATA, nov.

Type, T. princeps, Dist.

Distribution. Tenasserim.

Vertex of head large, a little broader than long, convexly
rounded anteriorly, laterally and transversely incised at apex as
though for the i*eception of the face ; ocelli placed close together
on posterior disk, remote from eyes ; face elongate, moderately
globose, its disk elongately flattened, very slightly foveate, its
lateral areas obliquely transversely ridged ; eyes obliquely elon-
gate ; pronotum large, sexangular, convex, much broader than
long, its anterior margin only very slightly rounded * ; tegmina
broad, ample ; costal margin moderately convex, apex sub-
angulate ; clavus very large, longitudinally veined, apical area
with six somewhat foveate cells ; posterior tibiae with one spine.

* Delineated a little too straight by the artist in the figure of the typical
species.

Ai-HROPHORA.

99

2252. Thoodzata princeps, sp. n.

Very pale tawny-browa ; vertex of head, pronotura, and scu-
tellum almost eoncolorous ; prouotiiin with a transverse series of
small slightly darker spots or impressions a little before anterior
margin ; head beneath with a sublateral fascia behind eyes,
anterior lateral margins and transverse striations to face, and
broad lateral margins to clypeus piceous-brown ; presternum and
abdomen beneath piceous-brown, the segmental margins pale

0 Fig. 76. — Tliood~ata princeps.

ochraceous ; legs stramineous, the tarsal claws piceous ; abdomen
above piceous, with the basal area ochraceous ; tegmina pale
tawny-brown, crossed near middle by a broad transverse fuscous-
brown fascia inwardly margined by a creamy-white line ; beyond
this fascia the costal area is broadly creamy-white, containing four
transverse linear brown spots ; the apical cellular areas are
fuscous-brown with the veins pale reddish ; wings hyaline, the
veins fuscous.

Length excl. tegm. 5^ ; exp. tegm. 14 millim.

Hab. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doliertij).

Genus APHROPHORA.

- Aphrophora, Germ. Mar/. Ent. iv, p. 48 (1831) ; Amy. % Serv. Hem.
p. 563 (1843) ; Stdl, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 67 (1866) ; Fieb. Rev. Mag.
Zool. (3) iii, p. 382 (1875) ; Atkins. J. A. 8. B. Hv, p. 19 (1885) ;
Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 131 (1903) ; Matsum. Journ.
Sapporo Agr'l. Coll. ii, p. 26 (1903).

Type, A. corticea. Germ., a Palaearctic species.

Distribution. Probably almost universally distributed in the
Eastern Hemisphere.

Head almost as broad as the pronotum ; vertex almost hori-
zontal and somewhat flattened ; anterior margin sometimes
rounded, generally very obtusely angulated ; clypeus of variable

100 CERCOPID.Ti.

length, reaching to or beyond the apices of the anterior cox* ;
rostrum long, 2-3-jointed ; ocelU two or soiuel-imes absent, when
present placed near the posterior margin of the vertex and more
or less remote from the eyes ; pronotum hexagonal or trapezoidal,
with a longitudinal keel continued through the vertex ; anterior
margin rounded or obtusely angulated, posterior margin frequently
deeply angulate-emarginate ; scutellum triangular, shorter than
the pronotum; tegmina slightly coriaceous, ovally elongate,
acuminate ; wings with the veins of the fourth apical cell with a
furcate origin.

2253. Aphrophora bisignata, sp. n.

Vertex of head and more than anterior half of pronotum dull
ochraceous, darkly punctate; posterior area of pronotum, scutellum,
and tegmina umber-brown ; two
prominent transverse spots at
apical margin of vertex, and a
transverse fascia separating the
ochraceous and brown pronotal
areas, black ; body beneath and
legs black ; anterior margin of
head beneath and face, and the
anterior and intermediate tibiae
ochraceous ; posterior margin of
face, clypeus, and rostrum pale
castaneous ; posterior tarsi ochra-
ceous, with the claws black ;
vertex of head about half as long
as pronotum, roundly subangu-
larly produced; head, pronotum, and scutellum somewhat coarsely
punctate, tegmina more thickly and finely punctate; tegmina
broad, costal margin strongly rounded ; face globose, the lateral
areas transversely striate ; rostrum reaching the posterior coxae ;
pronotum and vertex traversed by a central longitudinal ridge.
Length 13 millim.
Hah. Sikhim ; Muugphu {Atkinson Coll., Brit. 3Ius.).

Fio-. 77. — Aphro'phora hixignata.

{ 2254. Aphrophora burmanica, sp. u.

Vertex of head and anterior two-thirds of pronotum ochraceous ;
posterior third of pronotum, scutellum, and tegmina dark casta-
neous ; body beneath and legs piceous, anterior legs much paler ;
anterior margins of head beneath and face pale ochraceous ; vertex
of head about half the length of pronotum, coarsely punctate, the
punctures concolorous ; pronotum coarsely punctate, the punctures
concolorous with the surface on which they appear, both pronotum
and vertex traversed by a central longitudinal ridge ; scutellum
coarsely punctate ; tegmina very thickly and finely punctate, the
veins very prominent ; face moderately globose, centrally flattened

ArHEOPHOKA. 101

nncl punctate, the lateral areas transversely striate ; rostrum
reaching the posterior coxae.

Length 10 millim.

Hah. Burma ; Euby Mines {Doherty).

Smaller than the preceding species, A. hlslrjnata, without the
transverse black spots to vertex, no median black band to pro-
notum ; face less convex and more centrally longitudinally flattened
and punctate.

t)2255. Aphrophora brachycephala, sp. n.

Vertex of liead and more than anterior half of pronotum ochra-
ceous, coarsely punctate, the punctures sometimes largely black,
two transverse black spots on central anterior margin of vertex ;
posterior area of pronotum and the scutellum purplish-black ;
tegmina brownish-ochraceous; head beneath and sternum brownish-
ochraceous, abdomen sanguineous, legs black ; vertex of head very
broad and sliort, not more than one-third the length of pro-
notum, the punctures on both coarse, and both traversed by a
somewhat fine central longitudinal ridge ; scutellum coarsely
punctate ; tegmina very finely and thickly punctate ; anterior
margin of head beneath and face pale ochraceous ; face globose,
lateral areas strongly striate, anteriorly and centrally coarsely
punctate, rostrum reaching the posterior coxse.

Length 12 millim.

Ifab. Kangra Valley, 4500 ft. {Dudgeon, Coll. Dist.).

Although allied in some colour markings to the two pi'eceding
species, to be at once separated by the broader and uari'ower head.

'^256. Aphrophora bimaculata, sp. n.

Vertex of head piceous-brown, the central carination and a spot
on each side of it at base ochraceous ; face ochraceous, centrally
longitudinally piceous, which area is anteriorly punctate, lateral
areas very strongly, somewhat obliquely striate ; pronotum ochra-
ceous, coarsely darkly punctate, the central carination pale ochra-
ceous ; body beneath and legs testaceous ; tegmina ochraceous,
thickly darkly punctate, costal and apical areas and two central
linear spots to clavus pale castaneous, two discal bright ochraceous
spots, the more obscure before and the more prominent behind
middle ; vertex of head about one-third of the medial length of
pronotum.

Length 12 millim.

Hah. Burma ; Euby Mines {Doherty).

2257. Aphrophora nancyse, sp. n.

Above pale ochraceous, thickly darkly punctate ; central anterior
margin of vertex black ; tegmina crossed by two oblique black
fasciae, one near base, the other near middle, and a large spot of

102 CEECOPID^.

the same colour at apex ; veins alternately ochraceous and black,
except at apical area, where they are prominently and entirely
black; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; central area and
striations to face, a subapical annulation to femora, basal and apical
annulations to tibiae, sternal spots, and disk of abdomen black ;
vertex of head about one-third the length of pronotum, centrally
ridged, a cluster of black punctures on each side near eyes, and a
similar central cluster ; pronotum coarsely punctate, a transverse
series of four pale subfoveate spots on anterior area, the two outer
spots with black punctures, central ridge becoming obsolete behind
middle ; scutellum black, transversely wrinkled ; ijegmina very
thickly and finely punctured.

Length 8-9^ millim.

Hah. N.W. India ; Mussoorie (^Miss Nancy McKinnon, Coll.
Dist.).

'2258. Aphrophora moorei, sp. n.

Head and pronotum ochraceous, the ocelli purplish-red ; head
beneath ochraceous, the anterior area of face black ; body beneath
and legs ochraceous, the anterior and intermediate legs anuulated
with castaneous, pro- and mesosterna more or less black ; tegmina
ochraceous, more or less suffused with black, these suffusions
are principally on the veins, two spots on basal area and four
on costal area, between the latter the colour is paler, which gives
a further maculate appearance ; head and pronotum thickly coarsely
punctate, a strong central longitudinal ridge traversing both ;
vertex only about one-third the length of pronotum ; face strong,
transversely ridged, less so on the black anterior area, which is
punctate ; rostrum reaching the posterior cosa>.

Length 9^ millim.

Hah. "India" {Coll. Dist.).

This type-specimen was given me some years ago by the late
vetei'an Indian lepidopterist, Mr. F. Moore, after whom I name the
species. It bears no exact locality, but Avas from his general
Indian collection.

2259. Aphrophora cognata, sp. u.

Vertex of head piceous, apex of central carination and a mar-
ginal spot on each side ochraceous ; face ochraceous with the
transverse striations finely piceous, head beneath on each side of
face black, an ochraceous spot on each side of face at anterior
margin ; pronotum brownish-ochraceous, finely punctate, strongly
centrally longitudinally carinate, on each side of the carination on
anterior area a short longitudinal ridge ; tegmina brownish-ochra-
ceous with paler suffusions, thickly punctate, a curved black fascia
occupying a little more than the costal area just before middle ;
body beneath and legs brownish-ochraceous, lateral margins of

APIIROPHORA. 103

sternum and abdomen broadly piceous ; legs annulated with umber-
brown ; vertex of bead about half the medial length of pronotum

Length 8 niillini.

Hab. Nilgiri Hills {Hampson, Coll. Dist.).

2260. Aphrophora sigillifera, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 700 (1851).
(< Aphrophora facialis, Kirhi/, J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. 161 (1891) ;
Melich. Mom. Faun. Cei/Um, p. 131 (1903).

" Testaceous, but covered with large, deep, round, brown pits,
which give the whole insect a brown appearance ; head brown,
with the central carina and a spot on each side behind pale, and
some pale smooth spaces surrounded with brown in front of the

Apli rophom sigillifera.

pronotum, borders of scutellum also pale ; an indistinct pale spot
bordered with darker, sometimes visible in the middle of the costa
of the tegmiua ; face with deep brown punctures in transverse
rows, giving it the appearance of being transversely striated ; it is
more or less varied with black, sometimes entirely blackish, except
at the lower extremity, but more often with two large blackish
lateral spots (sometimes united) about the middle and smaller
ones below ; legs brown, indistinctly banded with paler." {Kirhy.)

I give Mr. Kirby's description of his A. facialis, which describes
the species. The pale costal spot to the tegmina is distinct in
nearly all the specimens I have seen.

Length 7 to 7| millim.

Rab. " North India " (Brit. Mus.). Bombay {Dixon). Dacca
(Lefro)/). Ceylon; Puudaluoya, Kandy (6rVce;t). Burma; Karen
Hills (Doherty).

<^- 2261. Aphrophora deserta, Melic/i. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 132(1903).

" Similar to the preceding species in size and shape, thickly
punctured, shining brown ; tip of front, anterior half of pronotum^
and an oblique transverse fascia in middle of tegmina yellowish-
white ; four transverse impressions in transverse series on pro-

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CEECOPID.i;.

notum and sides of pectus yellowish-white, remainiag area of the
under surface and the legs brown." {Melichar.)

Length 7 millim.

Hah. Ceylon {Berlin 2Ius.).

I have not seen this species.

G-enus JEMBRANA, nov.

Type, J. hujirestioides, Dist.

Distribution. S. India.

Head (including eyes) as wide as pronotum, anterior margin sub-
angularly conical, centrally longitudinally cariuate, face longitudi-
nally globose, transversely striate ; rostrum long, a little passing
the posterior coxae; pronotum anteriorly angularly produced
between eyes, the anterior lateral margins short, a little curved
outwardly, posterior margin angularly concave before scutellum,
longitudinally tricarinate, the lateral cariuations oblique ; scutellum
foveate; tegmiua about two and a half times as long as broad,
veins more or less longitudinal, apical areas short; legs of moderate
length, posterior tibiae with one spine.

02262. Jembrana buprestioides, sp. n.

Black ; three small spots on anterior margin of vertex, broad
anterior and lateral margins and two discal spots to pronotum,
four large costal spots, two very small apical costal spots, three
sutural and an oblique discal spot to tegmina, pale ochraceous ;
body beneath black ; a spot at anterior margin of face, legs, and
disks of sternum and abdomen pale ochraceous ; legs annulated
with black ; body above very finely punctate, vertex about one-
third the length of pronotum, both vertex and pronotum traversed

Jemhrana hujjresfioidcs.

by a central longitudinal ridge, the latter also with au oblique
longitudinal ridge near each lateral area ; tegmina finely and
thickly punctate ; face transversely striate, basally and centrally
coarsely punctate.

Length 74 to 8| millim.

Ilab. Nilgiri Hills (Ilampsou). Naduvatum {Lefroy).

SOX^KAMA.

105

^ 2263. Jembrana montana, sp. n.

Vertex of liead with three small ochraeeous spots on its anterior
margin ; bead beneath and clypeus black ; a central longitudinal
linear spot on anterior area of face, lateral margins of face ochra-
eeous ; pronotum ochraeeous, with its whole central area black,
the latter with a small linear ochraeeous spot near its anterior
margin ; scutellum black ; tegmina ochraeeous, a large black spot
on apex of clavus, costal and apical areas black, enclosing four
large costal ochraeeous spots ; body beneath and legs ochraeeous,
lateral areas of prosternum blaclc, legs more or less annulated with
black ; abdominal apex black. General structure that of the pre-
ceding species, of which it may ultimately be proved to be a very
aberrant variety, but at present, from the material before me, that
view is untenable.
, Length 8| millim.

Hah. Isilgiri Hills (Havq^son).

(7 2264. Jembrana ornata, sp. n.

Vertex of head and pronotum bright ferruguious-brown, with a
central pale ochraeeous carinatiou, two small black spots on its
anterior margin, each preceded by an ochraeeous spot ; pronotum
witli the anterior margin broadly stramineous ; face and clypeus
black, a central anterior stramineous spot to each ; body beneath
and legs ochraeeous, lateral areas of prosternum black ; legs annu-
lated with castaneous ; tegmina ferruginous-brown, apex of claval
area and the outer tegminal area black or piceous, the latter irro-
rated with paler markings, of ^^•hich the most prominent are three
large costal spots ; whole upper surface including tegmina thickly
coarsely punctate ; pronotum strongly tricarinate, the lateral cari-
nations abbreviated ; face strongly transversely striate.

Length 8| millim.

Hub. Utakamand (Brit. 2Ius.).

^' Genus SOUNAMA, no v.

CType, >S. imprimis, Dist.

Distrihution. Nilgiri Hills.

A^ertex of head somewhat angularly convex and reflected, with a
slight central longitudinal ridge ; ocelli placed close together on
posterior disk, remote from eyes ; face bi'oadly longitudinally sul-
cate, lateral areas finely transversely ridged ; posterior tibiae with
one strong spine ; pronotum sexangular, broad, convex, not cen-
trally longitudinally ridged, nearly twice as broad as long ; tegmina
attenuated posteriorly, apical area with two cells divided by
prominent veins.

This genus is somewhat intermediate between Aphropliora and
Ptijelus : in the first both the vertex and pronotum is centrally
loi'igitudinally carinate, while in the latter neither are ; in Sounama
the vertex only is ridged. From both those genera it is also sepa-
rated by the longitudinally sulcate face.

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2265. Sounama imprimis, sp. n.

t)Fig. 80. — Sounama imprimis

Ochraceous, stroDgly pilose ; disk
of vertex piceous ; basal margin of
scutellum black ; tegmina with a
longitudinal basal streak, a trans-
verse oblique fascia beyond middle,
and some subapical and apical
fasciae enclosing cellular areas,
black ; legs pale ochraceous ; lateral
margins of head between face and
eyes black ; prosternum black ;
abdomen beneath black, the seg-
mental margins and a central line
ochraceous ; anal segment ochra-
ceous.

Length 5 millim.

Hah. Nilgiri Hills {Hamj)son).

OGe

MANDESA,

OType, M. amplijicata, Dist.

Distribution. Tenasserim.

Head about as long as medial length of pronotum, subtriangu-
larly produced, its lateral margins oblique, lateral apices of the
lobes acute, at apex inwardly laterally and transversely impressed
as though for the reception of the upper area of face ; ocelli placed
close together near base ; face elongate, its lateral areas obhque ;
rostrum short, not extending beyond intermediate coxae ; pronotum
angularly rounded anteriorly, the anterior margin straight behind
ocelli, and then subobliquely deflected on each side behind eyes,
the lateral margins oblique, angularly concave before scutellum,
which is about as long as broad at base ; tegmina ample, costal
margin convexly rounded, a discal oblique transverse broadly
raised vein-like ridge beyond middle, and an irregular series of
transverse veins before apex : posterior tibiae with two spines.

13 2266. Mandesa amplificata.

Pale ochraceous ; a central
longitudinal fascia to face, late-
ral margins of head beneath,
and the tarsal claws black ;
tegmina with a black spot near
end of clavus and a similar spot
at apical mai'gin ; wings fuligi-
nous ; structural characters as
in generic diagnosis.
Length 10 millim.
Hab. Tenasserim ; Myitta
Fig. 81.— Mandesa amjdificaia. (Doherty).

PHILAGRA.

107

L Genus DAHA, nov.

^Type, D. arietaria, Dist.

Distribution. Tenasserim.

Head about as long as medial length of pronotum, robustly
subtriangular, very strongly tricarinate, the carinations obsoletely
reaching base, before which they are divided by a transverse in-
cised line, the apex somewhat broad and subtruncate ; ocelli situate
near base and about as far apart from eyes as from each other ;
face elongate, bilobed, centrally longitudinally broadly sulcated ;
rostrum short, scarcely reaching the intermediate coxae ; pronotum
anteriorly strongly convex, lateral margins oblique, strongly
angularly concave before scutellum, which is centrally moderately
depressed and foveate ; tegmina with the costal margin convex,
the apices somewhat broadly rounded, veins longitudinal, a few
transverse veins at apex ; legs moderate, posterior tibia) with two
spines.

2267. Daha arietaria,
Dull black ; legs

3p. n.

ochraceous, tibia? a
with

^Fig. S2.—Dalia avictaria.

tegmina minutely thickly punctate.
Length Q\ millim.
Hah. Tenasserim

ttle darker ; tegmina
a large sub-oblong
spot near base of clavus
and a small spot on posterior
disc, stramineous.

Var. Tegmina without the
large pale spots on claval
area.

Head very finely punc-
tate between the longitu-
dinal ridges, which are
strongly pronounced, the
lateral ridges meeting an-
teriorly ; the eyes are ochra-
ceous, spotted with black ;
pronotum and scutellum very
finely transversely rugulose ;

Myitta {Doherty).

^ Genus PHILAGEA.

ftChalepus, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 731 (1851), nom. prajocc.
cPhilagra, Stdl, Tv. E. S. (3) i, p. 593 (1862); Matsmn. Journ.
Sapporo Agr'l. Coll. ii, p. 21 (1903).

CType, P. liastata. Walk., from an unknown habitat.
Distribution. Oriental, Malayan, aud Australasian Eegions ; China
and Japan.

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CEEC0PID,5E.

Head narrowed and strongly prolonged in front of eyes, cen-
trally and laterally carinate above, longer than or as long as pro-
notum ; ocelli a little nearer to eyes than to each other, more or
less upwardly directed ; face more or less transversely striated,
centrally longitudinally carinate ; clypeus short, posteriorly
rounded ; rostrum almost reaching the posterior coxae ; posterior
tibiae armed with t^^'0 spines ; pronotum sexangular, anteriorly con-
■\'exly rounded, posteriorly angularly emarginate before scutellum ;
tegmina apically subacute, their costal margins strongly convex,
costal and radial areas broad, the latter dilated near base.

The strongly produced head is the principal character of this
genus. I give Walker's hastatus as type of the genus, because
Chalepus antedates Philagra but sinks through the name being
preoccupied.

a. Head longer than pronotum.

02268. Philagra fusiformis, Walk. (Cyiene) List Horn., Stqjpl p. 47
(18o8) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. Iv, p. 48 (188G) ; Melieli. Wien.
Ent. Zeit. x\, p. 177 (1901).
f. Chalepus aconophorides, Walk. List Horn., Siippl. p. 192 (1858);
Stdl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. ForJi. 18G2, p. 494.

Body and legs ochraceous ; head, pronotum, and scvitellum
thickly, shortly, palely pilose ; abdomen shining ochraceous ;
tegmina ochraceous with pale irregular scattered fuscous mark-
ings ; wings subhyaline with a pale ochraceous tint ; head above
strongly tricarinate, about half as long again as pronotum, its
apex slightly upwardly recurved ; face strongly centrally carinate,

' Fig, 83. — Philagra fusijormis.

its posterior area transversely striate ; rostrum almost reaching the
posterior coxae.

Vur. Darker and more brownish ochraceous in hue, the fuscous
markings to the tegmina darker and more numerous.

Length excl. tegm. 10 to 14 ; exp. tegm. 18 to 27 miUim.

Hah. Sikhim {Indian Mas.). Assam; Margherita (CoU. Dist.).
Burma ; Kuby Mines (Dohertg).— ]S^ or th China (Brit. Mas.).

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b. Head as long as ]^ronotum.
02269. Philagra dissimilis, sp. n.

Piceous-brown, somewhat thickly ochraceoiisly tomentose ; apex
o£ scutellum ochraceous ; face, clypeus, and legs darker piceous ;
head above about as long as pronotum, its apex much less at-
tenuated than in the preceding species and somewhat broadly
rounded, much more faintly centrally and laterally carinate, and
finely transversely wrinkled, its extreme lateral margins bro\\-nish-
ochraceous ; face transversely striate, more strongly so on its
anterior area, obsoletely centrally carinate, but clypeus strongly
so ; spines to posterior tibiae long and robust.

Length inch tegm. 13 millim.

Hah. jS'ilgiri Hills (Hampson, Coll. Dist.).

mi

Species doubtfully recorded from British India.

indola viridicans, '^^l (Ptyelus), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fiirh. 1854,

p. 251 ; id. Freg. Bug. Rem, Hem. p. 286 (1859) ; Sp&nqb.

(^arystiis) Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1877, no. 9, p. 13; Atkim.

J. A. S. B. liv, p. 21 (1885) ; Kirk. (Hindola) Entomologist,

1900, p. 243.

This is a Malayan species recorded from Java, Singapore, and
Malacca. Atkinson (supra) has with doubt given Tenasserim as
a habitat. It was not received in any of the collections made for
me by Mr. Doherty in Tenasserim (and all his captures there were
sent to me), and I therefore do not consider myself justified in
including the genus and species in this enumeration.

Subfamily III. CERCOPlNiE.

''Cercopida, Sttd, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 55 (1866).
C Cercopina, StM, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1870, p. 718.
OCercopinte, Foiol. Biol. Centr.-Am., Rlupich. Horn, ii, p. 174 (1897).
Rbinaulacinae, Kirk. Rep. Exp. Stat. Haw. Plant. Assoc, pt. ix,
p. 380 (190(j).

This subfamily is structurally to be differentiated by having the
anterior margin of the pronotum straight, and the eyes equally as
long as broad. They also possess a most distinctive superficial, or
apparent, appearance which renders their identification a matter
of little difficulty.

It is in the Oriental and Malayan Eegions that the Cercopina;
reach their maximum in size and colour development, and this in
the very extensive genera Cosmoscarta and Pliymatostetlia. These
beautiful insects were largely described by Walker in his Lists
of Homoptera, 1851 and 1858 ; which descriptions were much
revised and corrected by Stal, who visited the British Museum
in 1862. Butler (1874) published a Revision of the genera
Cosmoscarta and Plii/matostetha, describing new species. Since

110 CEECOPID^.

that time the Eastern Cercopince, and especially these genera, have
been more or less studied by Atkinson, Breddin, Jacobi, and the
present writer.

Synopsis of Genera.

A. Anterior legs elongate ; anterior femora longly

passing the lateral margins of the body.

a. Anterior femora distinctly longer than the

intermediate femora.
a. Head not elongately produced in front of
eyes.
a' . Face elongate, compressed, about twice
as long as broad ; tegmina moderately
broad, prominently rounded at about
one-third from base, narrowing towards ^
apices, apical areas reticulately veined . '^Rhinastria,
v. Face somewhat prominent, less than [p. 110.

twice as long as broad ; tegmina
narrow, elongate, oblong, moderately

ampliated towai'ds apices ' Callitettix,

h. Head in S longly acutely produced in [p. 111.

front of eyes Abidama, p. 114.

b. Anterior femora not or only slightly longer

than the intermediate femora Caxoscarta,

B. Anterior legs of moderate length, the anterior [p. 115.

femora only slightly passing the lateral mar-
gins of the body, and only slightly or not
longer than the intermediate femora.

a'. Face with a longitudinal furrow Eoscarta, p. 115.

H . Face without a furrow.

a'\ Pronotum with the posterior lateral
margins straight and sinuate, its
greatest breadth little more than ,

half its length Phymatostetha,

h"-. Pronotum with the posterior lateral [p. 118.

margins not sinuate, its greatest
breadth about two-thirds of its length ^ Cosmoscarta,

[p. 128.

^ Genus RHINASTRIA.

'llhinastria, Kirby, J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. 159 (1891) ; Melich.
Rom. Faun. (Jeylon, p. 130 (1903).

'Type, 11. hicolor, Kirby.

■Distrihution. Ceylon.

Vertex of head a little pointed in front, posterior margin ridged,
strongly obliquely foveate on each side, transversely impressed in
front of ocelli, which are nearer to each other than to eyes ; face
compressed, anteriorly convex, posterior angle broadly acute ;
anterior femora distinctly longer than intermediate femora; pro-
notum sexangular, about twice as long as vertex, transversely
impressed before middle, lateral margins nearly straight, a little
reflexed ; scutellum about as broad as long ; tegmina prominently
rounded at about one-third from base, narrowing towards apices,
claval area broad, apical area reticulately veined.

CALLITETTIX.

Ill

^22 tO. Rhinastria bicolor, 7u>^.//, /. Li>m. Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. 160,
t. vi, f. 12 (1891) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Cei/lon, p. 130, t. iv,
f. 4 a (1903).

Shining luteous ; anterior cla-
val margin, apical area (excluding
veins), eyes, apices of femora, an-
terior tibia?, apices of intermediate
and posterior tibiae, and the tarsi
black ; pronotum, scutellum, and
the tegmina very thickl}' and finely
punctate, reticulate veins to apical
areas raised and transversely ru-
gulose : pronotum with two mo-
derate callosities in front of the
transverse impression; scutellum
sometimes with a black spot near
each basal angle ; face finely
transversely striate.

Length inch tegm. 10 to" 12 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Aniswella {Green, Brit. IIus.), Uvd, Badda-
Eliya (Jide Melichar).

Fig. 84. — Ehmastria hicolor.

Genus CALLITETTIX.

'^CalUtettix, 8tS,l (part.), Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1865, p. 1.52 ; id. Hem.
Afr. iv, p. 5.5 (1866) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 129 (1903).

•; Type, C. hraconoides. Walk.

Distribution. British India ; Malay Peninsula ; China.

Body elongate ; vertex of head about as broad as long, trans-
versely depressed before apex which is broadly rounded ; ocelli
placed rather close together on posterior disk, a little nearer to
each other than to eyes ; face compressed, prominent, the posterior
angle obtusely acute, the anterior angle rounded ; legs elongate,
the anterior femora distinctly longer than the intermediate femora;
pronotum elongate, much longer than head, the lateral margins
straight, sexangulate, foveate on each side near anterior margin
which is sti"aight ; scutellum a little longer than broad ; teo-mina
elongate, oblong, moderately ampliated towards apices ; posterior
tibiae armed with one spine.

a. Abdomen above red or luteous.

5 2271. Callitettix braconoides, Walk. (Sphenorbina) List Horn
Suppl. p. 185 (1858). ■'

(;Callitettix melanochra, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1865, p 152-
Atkins. J. A. S. B. hv, p. 17 (1885).

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CERCOPID/

Luteous or pale sanguineous
of

Fig. 85. — Callitettix braconoidcs.

apicai^^i.rd of tegmina, apices
anterior femora, anterior and
intermediate tibia) (excluding
bases), apices of posterior tibiae,
and the tarsi black ; wings
vinaceous ; above very thickly and
linely punctate ; face transversely
striate, centrally longitudinally
ridged.

Length excl. tegm. 8 ; exp. tegm.
20 to 24 millim.

Hah. Sikhim (fide AtJcinson).
Burma (Brit. Mus.) ; Bhamo (CoK.
Dist).

The type of Walker's braconoides
is here figured.

^ 2272. Callitettix contigua. Walk. (Sphenorhina') Lut Horn, iii, p. G95
(1851) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 114 (188o).
QSphenorhina intpruiedia, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 695 (1851) ;
Atki7is. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 114 (1885).

Head, pronotum, scutellum, face, and sternum black ; abdomen
above sanguineous, anal segment and legs fuscous-brown : abdo-
men beneath fuscous-brown, the base sanguineous ; tegmina very
dark umber-brown, a transverse fascia formed by two spots a little
beyond base ochraceous, their margins sanguineous ; a large spot
at about one-third from apex, commencing on costal margin and
not quite reaching middle of tegmina, and a small spot beneath it
near inner margin, testaceous ; wings pale hyaline.

Var. intermedia .,y( ii\k. — Tegmina with the two basal spots more
continuous and pale ochraceous, the second smaller subapical
testaceous spot obliterated.

Length excl. tegm. 7 ; exp. tegm. 17 to 19 millim.

Hah. " N. India " {Brit. Mv.s.) ; Simla {Brit. Mus.) ; Mussoorie
{Lefroy).

'^2273. Callitettix proxima, Walk. (Sphenorhina) List Horn, iii, p. G95
(1851) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 114 (1885).

Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, and legs black ; base
of "abdomen beneath, posterior coxee, and abdomen above (ex-
cluding apex) ochraceous ; tegmina dark umber-brown, a transverse
fascia a little beyond base, and a broken narrow fascia near apical
area, stramineous ; wings pale hyaline ;• posterior tibiae with a
strong spin^ beyond middle.

Length excl. tegm. 7 ; exp. tegm. 14 miUim.

Hah. " N. India "' {Brit. Mus.).

ALLITETTIX. II3

This may ultimate. e to be but another variety of 0. con-

Ugua; however, I know only the unique type, and therefore have
no knowledge as to its constancy in specific character.

b. Abdomen above blade.

D 2274. Callitettix versicolor, Fahr. (Cicada) Ent. Syst. iv, p. 50 (1794) ;
id.Syst. Rhyng. p. 69 (1803) ; Stdl (Callitettix), Hem. Fabr. ii,
p. 11 (1869) ; AtJcins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 18 (1885).
Var. Spheuorhina approximans, Walk. List Horn. Si/pnl. p. 185
(1858) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 114 (1885).

Shining black, finely fuscously pubescent; tegmina with a spot
before the middle of the clavus, and a subtransverse spot between
the middle of upper claval margin and the costal margin, white ;

. Fig. 86, — Callitettix versicolor.

two spots beyond the middle of tegmen, the external large and
transverse, the internal small, and apex of clavus sanguineous ;
wings dull hyaline, the veins and apical margin infuscate.
U ^ar, a. Basal spots to tegmina luteous, not white,
t^ Var, b. Basal spots to tegmina obliterated, sanguineous apical
spots present,

^ Var. c. Basal white spots to tegmina very small, only one
sanguineous apical spot (aj)jjroximans, Walk.).
•-' '(iVar. d. All the spots present but luteous, none sanguineous.
Length excl. tegm. 9 ; exp. tegm. 20 to 22 millim,
"7 Sab. Kashmir. Mussoorie (Bninetti). Assam ; Sikhim ; Bom-
bay (Leith and Dixon). Tiiidliaria, Burma ; Thayetmyo ( Watson),
Bhamo, Shwegu Myo {Fea). Arakan {Ind. J/«s,). — China
Malay Peninsula ; Perak.

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Genus ABIDAMA, nov.

r Type, A. producta. Walk.

Distribution. British India.

Head somewhat longly and acutely produced in front of eyes
in J , in $ not produced, resembling CaUitettix, \\\\eve the vertex
is transversely impressed, and between this impression and base
lougitudinally ridged ; face compressed, angulated auterioi'ly and
then strongly continued to clypeus, longitudinally centrally acutely
ridged ; rostnim short, not passing intermediate coxae ; anterior
femora distinctly longer than intermediate femoi'a as in CaUitettix,
with which genus it otherwise agrees.

0 2275. Ahidama producta, Walk. (Sphenorliina) List Horn, iii, p. 696
(1851); Stal (CaUitettix), 0>. Vet.-Ak. Fiirh. 1865, p. 153;
Atkins. J.A.S. B. liv, p. 18 (1885).

Head, pronotum, and scutellum black, finely greyishly tomen-
tose; apex of scutellum and the tegmina rufo-testaceous, the
apical margin of tlie latter rather
broadly black ; body beneath black,
metasternum and legs dark san-
guineous, apices of tibiae and the
tarsi piceous ; wings dull hyaline
with the veins darker ; face laterally
almost longitudinally obliquely
striate.

Length inch tegm., d" & 5? 7 to
9 millim.

Hah. N^epal ; Xagarkote and Soon-
driial (Ind. 3Ius.). Assam ; Mar-
gherita {Doherty), Khasi Hills.
Bengal ; Shripur, Pusa (Lefroi/).
Burma ; Bhamo (Fea).
Stal redescribed the species under
Walker's name without any reference to the original description.

Pig. S7 .—Ahidama jjroditc/a, (5'-

2276. Abidama rufula, sp, n.

Head, pronotum, and scutellum black, greyishly tomentose ;
apex of scutellum, tegmina, body beneath and legs pale testaceous ;
head beneath, pro- and mesosterua black ; apices of tegmina pale
purplish-red ; body above and tegmina thickly and finely punctate ;
face anteriorly subacutely prominent ; tarsi more or less piceous.

Length inch tegm. 8 milHm.

Bah. Bengal; Shripur, Pusa {Lefroy). Burma; Bhamo (Co?/.
List.).

In some specimens recently sent to me by Mr. H. M. Lefroy,
the tegmina are more piceous than testaceous.

115

DGenus CALOSCARTA.
Caloscarta, Bredd. Soc. Enf. xviii, p. 90 (1903).

: Type, C. capitnta, Stal.

Dktrihutiov . British India and Malaga.

Breddin, who founded this genus, writes : — " Differs from Calli-
tettix as follows : — first joint of antenna? longer than the second ;
face laterally compressed with a continuous sharp middle keel;
anterior femora not, or only slightly, longer than the intermediate
femora ; costal margin of tegmina at a short distance from base
concavely rounded, not touching the raised wrinkled first section
of the tegmina ; last joint of rostrum distinctly shorter than the
penultimate one ; anterior tibia? slightly widened towards the
apex."

^2277. Caloscarta capitata, Stdl (Callitettix), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork.
1865, p. 153 ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylo7i, p. 129 (1903).
OPhymatostetha insignis, Dist. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 322.

Black; head, anterior marginal area to pronotum, scutellum,
about basal fourth of tegmina, sternum and legs, sanguineous ;

a black, spot behind each an-
terior coxa; abdomen beneath
black ; the black tegmina are
distinctly darker behind scu-
tellum to a little beyond middle ;
tarsi black, base of posterior
tarsi sanguineous ; above finely
pilose ; pronotum finely gran-
ulose ; tegmina very finely and
thickly punctate.

Length 6 to 7 raillina.
Hah. Bombay (i)/A'o?i). Cey-
lon ; Pundaluoya, Putlam
(Green, Brit. J\h<s.), Peradeniya,
Negombo, Weligama (Jide
MeUcliar).

A very variable species; the
colour of the pronotum varies from red to black, and the red at
the base of the tegmina is sometimes almost obliterated. All the
specimens I have received from Bombay are of the melanic form,
and are also the smaller sized specimens.

Caloscartz capitata.

Genus EOSCARTA.
Eoscarta, Bredd. Soc. Ent. xvii, p. 58 (1902;.

Type, E. eos, Bredd., from Malacca.
Distribution. British India and Malaya.

Vertex of head flat, forwardly reclined ; ocelli about as far
apart from eyes as from each other; face strongly laterally

116 CBBCOPIDiE.

compressed, behind the middle obliquely directed downwards, before
the middle with a furrowed longitudinal impression, basal margin
of pronotum truncate or very slightly sinuate ; tegmina smooth,
apical veins weakest, apical areas not oi- sometimes excavate ; wings
without triangular costal appendage ; hind tibiae with one spine.
The longitudinally sulcate face is a typical character for this genus ;
the body is elongate in form, and the pronotum is not laterally
dilated.

2278. Eoscarta semirosea, Walk. (Cercopis) Jb?<rn. imw. Soc, Zool.
i, p. 165 (1857) ; Bredd. (Eoscarta) Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1903,
p. 100 ; Jacobi, Mt. Mus. Berlin, iii, p. 22 (1905).

Body and legs ochraceous ; tegmina pale semihyaline, base,

claval area, and sometimes
the costal area, ochraceous,
apical area rosaceous with a
few small fuscous spots in
the cellular areas ; face broadly
longitudinally sulcate before
middle, transversely striate
on its compressed sides ;
shortly and tinely pilose above,
legs more strongly pilose ;
tarsal claws black.
Fig. 89. — Eoscarta semirosea. Length excl. tegm. 7; exp.

tegm. 18 millim.

Hab. Assam ; Margherita {Doherty). — Malay Peninsula ; Perak
{^Doherty). Borneo.

r 2279. Eoscarta borealis, Dist. (Cosmoscarta) Tr. E. S. 1878, p. 321 ;
Atkins. J. A. S. JB. liv, p. 12 (1885) ; Bredd. (Eoscarta) Deutsche
Ent. Zeitschr. 1903, p. 100.

Head and pronotum pale luteous, antennae black ; ocelli black ;
eyes luteous, more or less suffused with black ; head beneath,
sternum and legs pale luteous, anterior and intermediate tibiae,
apices of posterior tibiae, aud the tarsi black ; abdomen beneath
and tegmina roseate ; shortly and finely greyishly pilose ; face
compressed, before middle broadly longitudinally sulcate, finely
transversely striate on the flattened lateral areas.

Var. Head, pronotum, and tegmina dark roseate red, con-
colorous ; all the luteous coloration to body beneath and legs
replaced by dark roseate red.

Length excl. tegm. 6 ; exp. tegm. 16 to 17 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Khasi Hills (Chennell), Margherita (DoJierty).
Tenasserim ; Myitta (Doherty). — W. Yunan (Anderson).

The Tenasserim specimens belong to the dark variety, which I
cannot specifically separate from the typical form.

EOSCARTA. 117

fp22S0. Eoscarta nilgiriensis, Dist. (Cosmoscarta) Tr. E. S. 1900,
p. 681.

Head, pronotum, and scutellum dark castaneous ; abdomen,
body beneath, and legs dull reddish; tegmina pale castaneous ;
wings pale fuliginous; head, pronotum, scutellum, and tegmina
distinctly finely densely pilose ; pronotum foveate on each side
behind anterior margin, its lateral margins somewhat laminate
but scarcely reflexed, its surface finely densely punctate ; face
anteriorly "centrally broadly sulcate, its lateral areas strongly
transversely striate ; posterior tibise with a strong spine beyond
middle.

Length excl. tegm. 7 ; exp. tegm. 24 millim.

Hah. Nilgiri Hills {Coll. Dist.).

02281. Eoscarta apicata, sp. n.

Body and legs dull dark ochraceous ; tegmina ochraceous, the
costal area beyond middle and the apical margin broadly rosaceous,
the latter with the cellular areas depressed, the apical veins being
distinctly raised ; wings hyaline, with a faint opaline lustre, the
veins darker ; pronotum finely transversely rugulose ; face almost
continuously centrally, longitudinally broadly sulcate ; scutellum
broadly longitudinally foveate.

Length excl. tegm. 3| ; exp. tegm. 11 milhm.

Hah. Ceylon {Green).

I have received a single specimen from Mr. E. E. Green of this
small but very distinct species. The longly sulcated face and the
pronounced apical cellular areas to the tegmina are prominent
characters.

&2282. Eoscarta atricapilla, sp. n.

Body and legs dull ochraceous ; head between the eyes broadly
piceous-black ; eyes shining black ; tegmina dull ochraceous,
crossed by a straight, narrow, transverse fuscous-brown fascia
before middle ; wings pale fuliginous ; pronotum anteriorly deeply
transversely foveate on each side, discally punctate and very finely
pilose ; face broadly centrally longitudinally sulcate for its whole
length ; posterior tibise with a single strong spine beyond middle

Length excl. tegm. 4; exp. tegm. 14 millim.

Hah. Burma ; Momeit {Doherty).

02283. Eoscarta illuminata, sp. n.

Ferruginous-brown ; face brownish-ochraceous ; sternum, coxae,
and trochanters pale ochraceous ; abdomen beneath piceous ; legs
ochraceous with piceous markings; tegmina piceous-brovvn, beyond
middle pale dull ochraceous, where the veins are piceous-brown,
and there is a subapical costal spot of the same colour ; wings very

118

CKllCOPIDJ.

pale fuliginous with the veins darker; pronotum transversely
rugulose; face moderately compressed, longitudinally broadly
sulcate on its upper half, transversely striate on its lateral areas.

Length inch tegm. 8 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Margherita {DoJierty).

Genus PEYMATOSTETHA.

Plivmatostetba, Stdl^ Of v. Vet.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 13 (1885).

Ak.

Fiirh. 1870, p. 721; Atkins.

Type, P. perspicillaris, White, from the Philippines.

Distribution. Oriental and Malayan Regions.

" Pace tumid, seldom forming an angle below the middle, without
a keel or longitudinal impression. Ocelli nearer each other than
the eyes. Pronotum with the posterior margin before the scu-
tellum slightly sinuated, posterior lateral margins straight or
sinuated ; mesosternum posteriorly with two conical tubercles.
Legs moderate, posterior tibiae armed with one or two spines."
(StM.)

This genus is easily distinguished from the following, Cos-
moscarta, by the narrower and posteriorly straighter or sinuate
pronotum ; a secondary and subsidiary character may be found in
the more prominently spined posterior tibiae, especially the more
developed basal spine.

A. Tegmina ivith pale transverse fascice.

(J2284. Phymatostetha circumducta. Walk. (Cercopis) List Horn.
Suppl. p. 17'5 (1858) ; Butl. (Phvmatostetha) Cist. Ent. i,
^ p. 2(58 (1874) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. Jiv, p. 13 (1885).
'^Cercopis costalis, Walk. List Honi. iii, p. 664 (1851), uom.
prseocc.

Head, pronotum, and scutellum black ; anterior margin of

vertex, a spot at base of
face and anterior and lateral
margins of pronotum ochra-
ceons ; abdomen above
violaceous - black ; body
beneath and legs ochra-
ceous ; face, sublateral areas
of prosternum, lateral mar-
gins of mesosternum, meso-
sternal tubercles, and cen-
tral and lateral transverse
spots to abdomen, black ;
femora streaked with
piceous ; tegmina piceous, costal and apical margins ochraceous,
interior claval margin connected with a transverse fascia crossing
tegmen before middle, and another transverse fascia before apical
area testaceous-red ; wings fuliginous, extreme base sanguineous,

Fig. ^O.—Phyiimtosfetha circumducta.

/ PlIYMATOSTETHA. 119

beyond whicli it is for a slight distance suffused with black ;
head transversely impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum rugulose,
a httle transversely foveately impressed on each side before anterior
margin, centrally liuely and obscurely longitudinally carinate, lateral
margins moderately reflexed ; scutellum centrally foveate; face
globose, tiuely carinate on lateral areas ; mesosternal tubercles
prominent, their apices subacutely recurved ; rostrum reaching the
intermediate coxae ; posterior tibiae with a \\ell-developed spine
near base and a longer spine beyond middle ; tegmina about two
and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 8 to 12 ; exp. tegm. 22 to 27 millim.

Hah. Simla {Lefroij) ; Malabar i^Brit. Mus.). — Malay Peninsula ;
Perak {Doherty).

^22^5. ^Phymatostetha stall, Butl. Cisf. Ent. \, p. i07 (1874) ; Athins-
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 13 (188o) ; IJist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 686.

^Tomaspis circiimducta, Stal [nee Walk.), Of v. Vet.-Ak. Forh.
1865, p. 150; id. (Hiymatostetha) toin. C('^."l870, p. 721.

uCosmoscarta sikkimensis, Atkins. J. A. S. B. Ivii, p. 335 (1888).

• Phymatostetlui birinauica, Jacobi, Mt. Mus. Berlin, iii, p. 20, t. i,
f. 8 (1905).

Head and pronotum piceous ; vertex of head in front of eyes,
face, lateral margins and anterior area of pronotum, scutellum
and legs, ochraceous or pale testaceous ; abdomen violaceous-
black, beneath more or less ochraceously pilose ; sternum piceous ;
tegmina piceous, a basal costal and claval streak, two transverse
fasciae, the first before middle the second before apical area, and
the apical margin pale testaceous ; wings pale fuliginous ; head
transversely incised before eyes ; pronotum finely transversely
wrinkled, centrally longitudinally carinate on anterior half, trans-
versely foveately impressed on each side before anterior margin,
the lateral margins moderately reflexed ; scutellum foveate at
base ; face globose, very finely striate on lateral areas ; mesosternal
tubercles broad, subprominent ; rostrum reaching the intermediate
coxse ; posterior tibiae with a moderately strong spine near base
and a very strong spine a little beyond middle ; tegmina about
two and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 14 to 15 ; exp. tegm. 29 to 37 millim.

Hah. N.AV. Himalaya {Coll. Dist). Assam ; Margherita and
Ntiga Hills {Doherty) { Bhim. Tal, Kumaon {Ind. Mus.). Burma;
Xarennee {fide Jacobi).

62286. Phymatostetha hilaris, IVaUc. (Cercopis) List Horn, iii, p. 605
(1851j; Butl. (Phymatostetha) Cist. Ent. i, p. 268 (1874);
Atki7is. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 14 (1885).

Head, pronotum, and scutellum piceous, thickly finely pilose;
margins of head, and lateral and anterior margins of pronotum
stramineous ; abdomen above violaceous-black ; face black, the
anterrbr and half the central area very pale ochraceous ; body
beneath and legs stramineous, some sternal spots and narrow

120 CEECOPiD.i:.

transverse central and lateral spots to abdomen beneath, black ;
tegmiua fuscous-brown, costal area as far as, and connected with,
a narrow transverse fascia before middle, basal half of interior
claval margin, a narrow transverse fascia before apical area, and a
small subapical spot stramineous, apical margin brownish-
ochraceous ; wings slightly fuliginous, the veins piceous, extreme
base pale testaceous, beyond which it is for a slight distance more
or less suffused with black ; head transversely impressed in front
of eyes, beyond which it is centrally carinate ; pronotum rugulose,
faintly centrally longitudinally carinate, foveately impressed on
each side near anterior margin, lateral margins moderately reflexed ;
scutellum centrally foveate ; face globose, somewhat strongly
striate on lateral areas ; mesosternal tubercles compressed, their
apices a little subacutely upturned ; rostrum reaching the inter-
mediate coxae ; posterior tibiae with a somewhat strong spine near
base and a longer spine beyond middle; tegmina about two and
a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 10 to 11 ; exp. tegm. 22 to 27 millim.

Hah. Malabar {Brit. Mus.). — Borneo.

B. Tegmina ivitli a transverse fascia and spots.

C2287. Phymatostetha rengma, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 685,
t. ix, f.ll.

Head, pronotum, and scutellum ochraceous ; basal area of head,
two large anterior spots to- pronotum, base and apex of scutellum
piceous or black; body beneath and legs piceous ; face and lateral
margins of prosternum ochraceous ; abdomen above purplish-black,
apex and lateral margins ochraceous ; tegmina piceous, apical
margins much paler, a claval fascia connected with the costa by a
transverse fascia before middle, a basal costal spot, two discal spots
beyond middle, and a subapical spot ochraceous ; wings pale
fuliginous ; head broadly transverse!}^ impressed before eyes ;
pronotum finely wrinkled and somewhat coarsely punctate, the
anterior black spots subfoveate, very obscurely centrally longi-
tudinally carinate, the lateral margins moderately reflexed ; face
globose, very finely laterally striate ; mesosternal tubercles im-
perfectly seen in specimen described ; rostrum reaching the
intermediate coxae; posterior tibiae with a strong spine near base
and a longer spine beyond middle ; tegmina about two and a half
times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 16 ; exp. tegm. 40 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Naga Hills {Doherttj).

T 2288. Phymatostetha iiangla, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 683,
t. ix, f. 9.

Head and pronotum sanguineous ; basal margin of head and
two curved central fascia3 to ])ronotum wliich are united at base
and angulated on each side near lateral angles, black ; scutellum

PHYMATOSTETHA. 121

black ; abdomen above dark indigo-blue ; body beneath and legs
piceous ; face and lateral margins of prosternum sanguineous ;
tegmina piceous, a basal claval elongate spot with a smaller costal
spot above it, a transverse fascia before middle, and three sub-
apical spots sanguineous, apical margin dull ochraceous ; wings
pale fuliginous ; head transversely impressed in front of eyes ;
pronotum very finely wrinkled and more finely punctate, foveate
on each side before anterior margin, obsoletely finely centrally
earinate, lateral margins moderately reflexed ; scutellum centrally
sulcate ; face globose, very finely striate on lateral areas ; meso-
sternal tubercles moderately prominent and their apices subacute;
rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae; posterior legs mutilated in
specimen described ; tegmina about two and a half times as long
as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 17 ; exp. tegm. 45 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Naga Hills {Dolierty).

^ O

[;2289. Phymatostetha pudica, Walk. (Cercopis) Im. Sauncl, Horn.

p. 84 (185S); Butl (Phymatostetha) Cist. Ent. i, p- ^69

(1874) ; Athins. J. A. S. B. Uv, p. 15 (1885) ; id. tmi. cit. Iv,

p. 195 (1886).

Head (including face) pale castaneous ; pronotum tawny-brown,

with a central longitudinal fascia and a transverse fascia behind

each eye ochraceous, between the transverse and longitudinal

fasciee near anterior margin the colour is black ; scutellum black,

with a basal spot and apical area brownish-ochraceous ; metanotum

ochraceous ; abdomen above violaceous-black, apical area centrally

and longitudinally ochraceous; body beneath and legs black or

piceous; bases of coxae, femora (excluding apices), bases of tibiae,

lateral margins of prosternum, large rounded lateral segmental

abdominal spots, and disk of fourth abdominal segment ochraceous;

tegmina tawny-brown, with basal costal and claval streaks,

a transverse series of three spots before middle, an irregular

fascia before apical area, and the apical margin ochraceous ; wdngs

dark fuhginous, their bases sanguineous; pronotum finely rugulose,

foveately impressed on each side before anterior margin, lateral

margins slightly reflexed; mesosternal tubercles subconically

produced; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae; posterior

tibi£e with two spines, one near base, the other beyond middle ;

tegmina about two and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 16; exp. tegm. 42 millim.

Hah. Silhet {Brit. Mus.).

A ^

0 2290. Phymatostetha signifera, Walk. (Cercopis) Ltst Horn, m,

p. 655 (1851) ; >S/al (Tomaspis), Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1865,

p. 151 ; id. (Phymatostetha) torn. cit. 1870, p. 721 ; Biitl. Cist.

Ent. i, p. 270 (1874) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 15 (1885).

Head, pronotum, and scutellum stramineous ; base of head and

two broad angulated fasciae to pronotum black ; abdomen above

122 CERCOPID.E.

violaceous-black, the apex and lateral marginal spots oehraceous ;
body beneath and legs pale oehraceous, disk of sternum and
posterior margins of abdominal segments piceous ; tegminawith
about basal half stramineous, containing three fuscous spots,
remaining area fuscous, with a much waved and broken testaceous
fascia, apical margin dark oehraceous ; wings very pale fuliginous ;
head transversely impressed before eyes ; pronotum finely wrinkled
and obscurely punctate, centrally finely longitudinally carinate,

Phyyiudostetha sif/nifera.

foveately impressed on each side before anterior margin, lateral
margins reflexed ; face globose, distinctly transversely striate on
each lateral area ; mesosternal tubercles subacutely prominent ;
rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae ; posterior tibioe with two
long spines, one near base and the other beyond middle ; tegmina
nearly three times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 14 to 15; exp, tegm. 38 to 40 millira.

Hah. Silhet (Brit. Mus.). Assam; NoaDehing Valley (C/fenu^ZZ),
Naga Hills {DoherUj), Shillong {Coll. Dist.). Darjiling (Coll.
List.).

1)2291. Phymatostetha dubitabilis, Wall;. (Cei-co^i^)' Lid Horn. Suppl.
p. 173 (1868) ; Butl. (Pbymatostetha) Cist.' Ent. i, p. 270
(1874) ; Atkins. J. A. S. BA\\, p. IG (1885).

Head, pronotum, and scutellum blaclv ; anterior areas of head
and face, lateral margins and a central longitudinal fascia to pro-
notum, and disk of scutellum dull oehraceous ; abdomen above
castaneous, paler at base, anal appendage above and beneath
testaceous ; body beneath black, lateral margins of presternum
oehraceous, coxae, legs, and segmental abdominal margins testa-
ceous-red, anterior and intermediate tibia) piceous ; tegmina
testaceous-red, interior margin of clavus and a spot on its posterior
margin, two. curved and very irregular transverse fascise, the first
narrower at about one-third from base, the second "wider and
outwardly angulate at about middle, and two spots beyond it, the
lowermost often obscure, piceous, apex paler and more oehraceous;

^ PHYMAXOSTETHA. 123

wings pale fuliginous, the base narrowly sanguineous ; head trans-
versely impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum rugulose and finely
punctate, very finely centrally longitudinally cai'inate, foveate on
each side near anterior margin, lateral margins reflexed ; scntellum
foveate at disk ; face globose, laterally transversely striate ; meso-
sternal tubercles subprominent; rostrum reaching the intermediate
coxae ; posterior tibiae with two strong spines, one near base, the
other near middle ; teguiina about two and a half times as long as
broad.

Length excl. tegm. 13 to 16 ; exp. tegm. 33 to 37 millim.

Hah. "Hindostan" {Brit. Mus.).

C. Tegmina ivith pale spots, not transversely fasciated.

■ 12292. PhymatOStetha stellata, &'»er.- (Cercopis) Icon. Rhjne An.,
Texte, p. 3(38 (1829-4-i) ; Stdl (Phymatostetha), Ofo. Vet.-Ak.
i^oVA. 1870, p. 721 ; Butl. Cist. Ent. i, p. 269 (1874); Atkins.
J.A.S.B. liv, p. 14 (1885); Jacohi, Mt. Mus. Berlin, iii,
p. 19, t. i, f. 14(1905).
Cercopis doi'simacula, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 663 (1851),
Cercopis tomentosa, Walk. J. Linn. Sac, Zool. x, p. 284 (1867).

Head, pronotum, and scutellum black ; anterior margin of head,
lateral margins and two discal spots to pronotum, and two large
basal spots to scutellum testaceous ; abdomen above violaceous-
black ; body beneath and legs black or piceous, lateral margins of
prosternum ochraceous; tegmina black with eight testaceous spots —
two basal, situate in costal and claval areas, two before middle, one
discal at middle, two before apical area, and one subapical ; wings
fuliginous ; disk of vertex concave ; pronotum finely punctate and
rugulose, centrally longitudinally cariuate, foveately impressed on
each side before anterior margin, lateral margins reflexed ;
scutellum transversely striate, centrally foveate ; face ochraceous
at base, transversely striate, smoothly, linearly, centrally inter-
rupted ; mesosternal tubercles acutely prominent ; rostrum
reaching the intermediate coxa); posterior tibiae with two strong
spines, one near base, the other beyond middle ; tegmina about
two and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 16 ; exp. tegm. 40 millim.

Hah. Malabar {Brit. Mus.). — Malay Peninsula; Perak {Doherty).
Borneo ; Kina Balu ( Whitehead). Sumatra.

t)2293. Phymatostetha sema, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 684, t. ix, f. 10.

Head, pronotum, and scutellum piceous ; about apical half of
head, lateral and anterior margins and three elongate discal spots
to pronotum, and the central area of scutellum testaceous; abdomen
above black, the apex aud lateral marginal spots sanguineous ;
body beneath and legs piceous, coxal spots, bases and apices of
femora, tarsi (excluding apices), a broad central area to posterior

124 ceecopim:.

tibiae, and transverse fasciae to abdomen beneath, testaceous ; face
and lateral margins of presternum reddish-ochraceous ; tegmina
dull ochraceous-brown, with nine ochraceous spots, of which two
are basal in costal and claval areas, one a little beyond and beneath
radial area, three in transverse series before middle, two before
apical area and one subapical, apical and costal margins paler and
more ochraceous ; wings pale fuliginous, narrowly purplish-red at
base ; head transversely impressed before eyes ; pronotum trans-
versely rugulose, obscurely centrally longitudinally carinate,
foveately impressed on each side near anterior margin, lateral
margins reflexed ; scutellum transversely striate, centrally foveate ;
face very finely transversely striate on lateral areas, broadly
smoothly centrally interrupted ; mesosternal tubercles broadly
compressed and subacute; posterior tibiae with two strong spines,
one near base, the other beyond middle ; tegmina about two and
a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 17 to 21 ; exp. tegm. 42 to 50 millim.

Hab. Assam ; Naga Hills {Doherty).

c
2294. Phymatostetha dorsivitta, JFalk. (Cercopis) List Horn, iii,
p. 662 (1851) ; Butl. (Phymatostetha) Cist. Ent. i, p. 269
(1874) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. lo (1885).
Cercopis humeralis, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 662 (1851).
Phvmatostetha icterica, Jacohi, Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin,
1902, p. 24 ; id. Zool. Jahrb. xxi, p. 443, t. xxi, f. 11 (1905).

Head (including face) and pronotum testaceous-red ; base of
head between eyes, and a sublateral longitudinal fascia on each
side of pronotum which are widened at and join posterior angles,
black ; scutellum black ; abdomen above violaceous-black, the
lateral margins and apex sanguineous ; body beneath and legs
piceous or black, lateral margins of prosternum, lateral and seg-
mental margins and apical area to abdomen testaceous-red ;
tegmina piceous with eight testaceous-red spots, of which the two
basal are elongate and situate in the costal and claval ai-eas," the
remaining spots rounded, three in curved transverse series before
middle, two before apical area and one subapical; wings fuliginous,
the base sanguineous ; head transversely impressed in front of
eyes : pronotum rugulose and finely punctate, centrally longi-
tudinally carinate, foveately impressed on each side before anterior
margin, lateral margins refiexed ; scutellum transversely striate,
centrally foveate, the disk sometimes testaceous ; face globose,
finely transversely striate ; mesosternal tubercles subconically
prominent ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae ; posterior
coxae with two strong spines, one near base, the other beyond
middle ; tegmina about two and a half times as long as broad ;
body beneath finely and legs more longly pilose.

Length excl. tegm. 16 to 17 ; exp. tegm. 38 to 45 millim.

Hah. Almorah and Silhet (Brit. Mus.). — Tonkin.

niyjIATOSTETHA.

125

^2295. Phjnnatostetha triseriata, Butl Cist. Ent. i, p. 267 (1874).
o

"Allied to P. stall, larger, with broader tegmiua, the transverse
bauds of which are each broken up into three spots ; head red-
brown, becoming redder in front ; clypeiis scarlet; thorax^ pectus,
and legs piceous, the lateral anterior margins of the thorax scarlet ;
scutellum black, with scarlet margin; abdomen shining- purple-
black ; tegmina piceous, the costal margin, a streak on the outer
basal edge of clavus, and two transverse series each of three spots,
scarlet, apical margin bright testaceous ; wings slightly f uscesent,
base scarlet." (Butler.)

I possess a specimen from Garwhal which is a slight varietal
form of the above ; the clypeus has its lateral areas black ; the
tegminal markings are testaceous, not scarlet ; head transversely
impressed between eyes ; pronotum finely rugulose and punctate ;
face very finely transversely striate on lateral areas ; mesosternal
tubercles broadly subpi'ominent ; rostrum reaching the inter-
mediate coxae, posterior tibia? with a strong spine near base and
a longer spine beyond middle ; tegmina about two and a half
times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 14 ; exp. tegm. 37 millim.

Hab. N.W. India ; Grarwhal (Coll. Dist.). — Laos (Brit. Mus.).

'-2296. Phymatostetha binotata, Bist. Tr. E. S. 1878, p. 322 ; Atkins.
J. A. S.B.li\-,ix 17 (1885).

Head (including face) pale sanguineous ; pronotum piceous, the
lateral margins pale sanguineous ; scutellum black ; abdomen above
shining purplish-black ; body beneath black ; legs piceous, femora
somewhat castaneous; lateral margins of prosternum pale san-
guineous ; tegmina piceous, their margins and two irregularly

rounded spots, one before
middle and the other before
apical area, pale sangui-
neous * ; wings pale fuli-
ginous, bases narrowly
sanguineous ; head angu-
larly transversely impressed
in front of eyes ; pronotum
"Fig. 1)2. — Fhi/matuKMha hinutata. finely transversely rugulose,

foveately impressed on each
side before anterior margin, indistinctly centrally longitudinally
carinate, the lateral margins reflexed ; scutellum transversely striate,
centrally foveate ; face slightly transversely striate on each lateral
area ; mesosternal tubercles broadly subacutely prominent ;
pronotum reaching the intermediate coxae ; posterior tibiae with a

* Since I described this species in 1878, 1 find that time in cabinet specimens
transforms the colour sanguineous into more or less ochraceous.

126

CERCOPID^.

short spine near base and a longer spine beyond middle ; tegmina
about two and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 14; exp. tegm. 35 miilim.

Hah. Assam; Sadij'a (C7«mneZ^).

'^2297. Phymatostetha karenia, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 685,
t. ix, f. 12.

Head (including face) reddish-ochraceous, narro\^ly piceous at
base; pronotum pale luteous ; scutellum, abdomen above, body
beneath and legs bluish-black or piceous ; lateral margins of pro-
sternum and two spots near anterior coxae pale luteous ; tegmina
piceous, their apical margins ochraceous, with four pale luteous
spots, situate two before middle and two before apical area ;
wings pale fuliginous ; head transversely, slightly, angularly
impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum finely transversely rugulose,
obscurely centrally carinate, foveately impressed on each side
before anterior margin, lateral margins moderately reflexed ;
scutellum transversely striate, centrally foveate ; face finely
transversely striate on eacli lateral area ; raesosternal tubercles
broadly compressed and subacute ; rostrum reaching the inter-
mediate coxse ; posterior tibiae with a strong spine near base and
a longer spine beyond middle ; tegmina about two and a half
times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 15 to 16 ; exp. tegm. 35 to 43 miilim.

Bah. Burma; Hsipaw (Brit. Mns.), Karen Hills {Doheriy).

02298. Phymatostetha pudens, Walk. (Cercopis) List Horn. Suppl.
p. 174 (1858); Stdl (Tomaspis), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1865,
p. 151 ; id. (l^hvmatostetha) tojn. cit. 1870, p. 721 ; Butl. Cist.
Ent. I, p. 270 (1874) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 16 (1885).

Head (including face) and pronotum testaceous-red ; base of head,
apical area of face, and two spots near anterior margin of pro-
notum, black ; scutellum and abdomen above black, the apex and

Fig. 93. — Fhymatostetlia pudens.

large lateral marginal spots to the latter testaceous-red ; bodv
beneath and legs black ; lateral margins of prosternum and lateral
margins (broken at segments) of abdomen beneath testaeeons-red;
tegmina testaceous-red with four black spots before middle, two
elongate at costal area, and two smaller on the claval area ; wings

PHYMATOSTETHA. 12?

very pale fuliginous, the basal area broadly carmiue-red ; head trans-
versely impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum finely transversely
rugulose, foveately impressed on each side near anterior margin,
faintly centrally longitudinally carinate, lateral margins slightly
reflexed; face slightly laterally striate; mesosternal tubercles
prominently conically pro(hiced; rostrum reaching the intermediate
coxa; ; posterior tibia) A\'ith a strong spine near base and another
beyond middle; tegmina about two and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 19 to 20 ; exp. tegm. 47 millim.

Hab. "E. India" (Brit. Mns.), Sikhim (Me Atkinson) . Dariilin^^
{ColJ.Dist.). ^ J a

D. Tegmina pale with a darlc subcostal streah.

^ 2299. Phymatostetha basiclava, Walk. (Cercopis) List Horn. Suppl

p. 172 (1858) ; Stdl (Phymatostetha), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 1870,

p. 721 ; Butl. Cist. Bat. \, p. 270 (1874) ; Atkiiis. J. A. S. B. liv,

p. 17 (1885). '

i^Tomaspis larinia, Stil, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. I860, p. 1-52.

Head (including face), pronotum, and scutellum testaceous ; base
of head between eyes, two large spots near anterior margin of
pronotum and two very small spots between them, and basal
angles and apex of scutellum black; abdomen above violaceous-
black, the anal appendage above and beneath testaceous-red; body
beneath and legs black, lateral margins of prosternum testaceous ;
coxal spots, apices of femora, and broad transverse segmental
fasciae to abdomen testaceous-red ; tegmina testaceous with^a black
basal streak beneath costal area which extends to about one-third
from base and is apically broadened and turned downward ; wings
very pale fuliginous, sanguineous at extreme base, and suffused
with pale piceous at anal area ; head transversely impressed in
front of eyes ; pronotum finely rugulose and punctate, somewhat
strongly toveate on each side before anterior margin, obsoletelv
longitudinally centrally carinate, the lateral margins reflexed";
scutellum transversely striate, discally foveate ; face globose, finely
laterally transversely striate ; mesosternal tubercles broadly
prominent ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxte ; posterior
tibiae with two strong spines, one near base, the other beyond
middle ; tegmina about three times as long as broad,

Length excl. tegm. 21 ; exp. tegm. 48 millim.

Hab. Sikhim {Kmjvett, Ind. Mus.). E. Himalayas; KalimDoncr
{Mann, Ind. Mm.). Central India (Val Ball, Coll. Dist.). ' "^

E. Tegmina black- iviih jxde bases (small species).

^ 2300. Phymatostetha lydia, StSl (Cercopis), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork.
18(35, p. 140; Butl. (Cosmoscarta) Cist. Ent. i, p. 257 (1874) •
Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 9 (1885). \ J ^

Head (including face) and pronotum black, basal area of the
latter saffron-yellow ; scutellum black ; abdomen above ocbraceous
with the apex black; body beneath and legs saffron-yellow.

128 CEECOPID^.

anterior lateral margin of prosternura, disk of mesosternura, and
the tarsi black ; tegmina black, with the base saffron-yellow or
testaceous ; wings pale fuliginous, the base saffron-yellow ; head
transversely impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum thickly finely
punctate, foveately impressed on each side near anterior margin,
lateral margins reflexed ; scutellum discally foveate ; face globose,
laterally transversely striate ; mesosternal keels not prominent ;
rostrum reaching the intermediate coxse ; posterior tibise with a
very short spine near base and a somewhat longer spine beyond
middle ; tegmina little more than twice as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 8 to 10; exp. tegm. 20 to 23 millim.

Hah. "East India" {Brit. Mus.).

Stal also states that sometimes the tegmina have no saffron
bands and sometimes have two, one before and the other behind
the middle. I have not seen these varieties.

^2301. Phymatostetha deschampsi, Leth. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1892,
p. 208.
Head (inclading face) shining black, the latter with a central
ochraceous line ; pronotum black, the posterior area sanguineous,
in some specimens sanguineous with only the anterior area black ;
body beneath and legs pale sanguineous ; a subquadrate spot on
lateral margins of prosternum behind eyes, and the apex ol:
abdomen, black ; tegmina black, the
basal area sanguineous ; wings pale
fuliginous, base pale sanguineous ; head
transversely impressed in front of eyes,
pronotum very finely punctate, foveately
impressed on each side near anterior
margin; lateral margins slightly reflexed ;
scutellum discally foveate ; face globose,
finely laterally transversely striate ;
mesosternal keels not prominent; ros-
trum about reaching the intermediate
coxae ; posterior tibiae with a very short
spine near base and a somewhat long
^^" deschamm' ^^V^"^^ bevoud middle ; tegmina little more
than twice as long as broad, unexpanded
as in the figure above, they have the appearance of greater
proportional length.

Length excl. tegm. 8; exp. tegm. 18 millim.
Hah. Trivandrum {Brit. Mus.).

Genus COSMOSCARTA.

"^Cosmoscarta, Stal, Hem. Fabv. ii, p. 11 (1869); id. Ofo. Vet.-Ak.
Fork. 1870, p. 718 ; Atkins. J. A. 8. B. liv, p. 6 (1885).
Cercopis, Stal (part.), Hem. Afr. \\, p. 55 (1860).
Trichoscarta, Bredd. Soc. Ent. xvii, p. 51 (1902).

'^ Type, G. heros, Fabr., from China.

COSMOSCARTA. 129

Distnhution. Oriental, Malayan, and Eastern Palfearctic Hegions.

The species belongin^^to Cosmoscarta Mere formerly included in
the old Fabrician genus Cercopis. From this it differs, as pointed
out by Stal, in having the front very large and tumid, obtuse,
extended on the facial side almost to the eyes, devoid of any
longitudinal furrow or keel. The posterior tijjioe have a strong
spine beyond the middle and a small spine more or less developed,
sometimes almost obsolete, near base. It is distinguished from
(^ Phymatostetha by the greater breadth of the pronotum.

This is a very extensive genus and is largely represented in the
fauna of British India. The species are very difficult to group
by structural characters which generally in allied species are of
inconstant or secondary character, though further study may
discover a better method. They are found, however, in groups in
Avhich the markings of the tegmina provide much guidance ; these
I have largely used as most helpful to the readers of this book
in British India, at the same time describing the structural
characters of each species.

A. Tegmina ivith transverse pale fascia',.
a. Pronotum hlacl; bluish hlaclc, or castaneous.
2302. Cosmoscarta heroina, sp. n.

Head (including face), pronotum, and prosternura dark, shining,
bluish-black ; meso- and metasterna, legs, and abdomen above and
beneath sanguineous ; tegmina black, basal area and a transverse
fascia before apical area sanguineous ; wings pale fuliginous, base

Fig. 95. — Co^/iwscaria heroina,

and costal margin narrowly sanguineous ; head transversely
impressed before eyes ; pronotum with a central longitudinal
carinatiou on its anterior half; mesosternum with two well-
developed central tubercles between which the rostrum passes
and about reaches the intermediate coxae ; face globosely pro-
minent, transversely striate ; tegmina very thickly and finely
punctate, the reticulate veins ' on the apical area prominently

TOL. IV, K

130 CERCOPID^,

raised, costal margin evenly convexly arehed from base ; posterior
tibiae with one strong sjiiiie beyond middle.

Lengtli excl. tegm. 12 to 15 ; exp. tegin. 30 to 40 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Xaga HiUs {Doherty), Margherita {Lid. Mus.).

This species is allied to the Chinese species, C. Jteros, Fabr,, the
type of the genus.

2303. Cosmoscarta montana, Bist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 678,

Head (including face), pronotum, and prosternum bluish-black ;
meso- and metasterna, legs, and abdomen above and beneath
ochraceous ; abdomen above with the segmental margins nar-
rowly piceous ; tegmina black, with the basal area and a transverse
fascia before the apical area pale ochraceous ; wings very pale
fuliginous ; head transversely impressed before eyes ; pronotum
mth a central longitudinal carination on its anterior half ;
mesonotum with two central black subacute conical tubercles,
through which the rostrum passes but does not reach the inter-
mediate coxse ; tegmina somewhat elongate, about two and a half
times as long as broad, very thickly minutely punctate ; posterior
tibise with a strong spine beyond middle.

Length excl. tegm. 9 to 10 ; exp. tegm. 25 to 26 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Naga Hills {Doherty).

2304. Cosmoscarta nagasana, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. G78.

Body bluish-black ; apex of abdomen, coxae and femora dull
sanguineous, tibiee and tarsi piceous ; eyes luteous ; tegmina
piceous-black, with two transverse pale ochraceous fasciae, the
tirst broader at about one-fourth from base, the second at about
one-third from apex ; wings very pale fuliginous ; head trans-
versely impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum very finely punctate,
with two large transverse foveae near anterior margin and a
smaller foveate impression near each lateral angle, obsoletely
longitudinally centrally carinate on anterior half, the lateral
margins and angles very distinctly reflexed ; scutellum trans-
versely foveate at base ; posterior tibiae with a strong spine
beyond middle; mesonotum with two broad, somewhat com-
pressed, subtriaugular tubercles ; rostrum not reaching the
intermediate coxae.

Length excl. tegm. 12; exp. tegm. 28 millim.

Hah. Assam ; JVaga Hills {Doherty).

J2305. Cosmoscarta decisa. Walk. (Cercopis) List Ham. Suppl. p. 175
(1858) ; Butl. (Cosmoscarta) Cist. Ent. i, p. 258 (1874) ;
Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 9 (1885) ; id., var., torn. cit. Ivii,
p. 336, t. XV, upper right-hand figure (1888).

Head (including face), pronotum, scutellum, and sternum
shining bluish-black ; abdomen above and beneath black, above
with the segmental margins narrowly ochraceous, and the anal
segment also of that colour ; legs ochraceous, femora more or less

C08M0SCARTA. 131

suffused with piceous, the t.arsi and anterior and intermediate
tibire pu-eous ; tegmnia black, with three transverse pale ochra-
ceous tascicP, the first irregular and basal, connected at inner
margin with the second which is straight and situate before
middle, third before apical area, the basal fascia is also angularly
produced in costal area ; head trausverselv impressed before eyes •
pronotum very obsoletely longitudinally "carinate on its anterior
halt ; mesouotum ^^•lth two moderately short tubercles ; rostrum
about reaching the intermediate coxa? ; tegmina moderately short
and broad, not much more than twice as long as broad, rather
strongly arched at base of costal • margin, very thickly and
minutely pimctate.

Length excl. tegm. 9 ; exp. tegm. 25 niillira.

Hab. Assam: Mga Hills {Doherty). Darjiling (ColJ. DlstX —
W. Yunan {Anderson).

I possess a variety from Darjiling in which the fascia? to the
tegmina are sanguineous.

0

2306. Cosinoscarta trigona, Walk. (Cercopis) List Hom. iii, p. 660
(18ol) ; Butl. (Cosinoscarta) Cist. Ent. i, p. 257 (1874) •
Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 9 (1885). v / '

'Cercopis amplicoUis, Walk. List Hom. Suppl. p. 175 (1858).
Head, pronotum, and body beneath black ; scutellum and legs
testaceous; tibiae and tarsi fuscous; abdomen above black, seg-
mental margins and anal segment sanguineous ; tegmina piceous,
crossed by two testaceous or sanguineous transverse angulate
fasciae, the first near middle, the second just before apicaf area,
the first connected or nearly connected with base along claval
area and also along the costal area by the same colour; apical area
more or less fuscous- brown ; wings very pale fuliginous, the basn
and costal margin narrowly sanguineous ; head transversely im-
pressed before eyes ; pronotum transversely impressed, centrallv
longitudinally carinate on anterior half, both head and pronotum
more or less ochraceously tomentose ; mesonotum with two broad
compressed tubercles; rostrum not quite reaching the inter-
mediate coxae ; face globose, the striations brownish-ochraceous ;
posterior tibise with a single short spine beyond middle ; tegmina
about two and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 5^ to 6 ; exp. tegm. 27 to 29 millim.
Bah. Assam; Margherita {Doherty), Khdsi Hills {Chemiell)
Naga Hills {DoJiertj/). Sikhim {lad. Mus.). Dariiling (Coll. Dist )
Nilgiri Hills {Hampson). J & v -J-

2307. Cosmoscarta metallica, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 679.

Body dark indigo-blue ; apex and lateral margins of abdomen,
coxae and femora coral-red ; tibiae and tarsi fuscous ; segmental
margins to abdomen beneath dull reddish ; tegmina black, with
two irregularly shaped and angulate sanguineous transverse
fasciae, the first at about one-third from base, the other before

k2

132 CEBCOPID^.

apical area, the innermost connected Avith base by a slender
sanguineous longitudinal fascia ; wings very pale fuliginous ; head
transversely impressed before eyes ; pronotum very finely punc-
tate, strongly foveate on each side near anterior margin, and
more narrowly so near each Lateral angle, the lateral margins
rather strongly reflexed ; face strongly prominent ; mesosternum
Avith two moderate-sized tubercles ; rostrum reaching the inter-
mediate coxae ; posterior tibiae with a single moderate-sized spine
beyond middle ; tegraina thickly and finely punctate, about t^^■o
aud a half times as long as broad.

Vcn\ Tegmina Avith the transverse fasciae ochraceous, not
sanguineous.

Length excl. tegm. 11 ; exp. tegm. 2G millim.

Hah. Burma; Euby Mines (Doherty).

] 2308. Cosmoscarta macgillivrayi, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 674.

Head (including face), pronotum, scutellum, and sternum bluish-
black, the latter somewhat thickly ochraceously pilose ; abdomen
and legs testaceous, the latter more or less longitudinally suffused
with castaneous ; scutellum with an elongate testaceous spot on
each lateral margin ; abdomen above with the segmental margins
sanguineous, beneath thickly ochraceously pilose ; tegmina pale
ochraceous, the venation, disk of costal margin, apical area, two
large spots beneath costal area, aud a claval spot piceous ; base

f^Fig. 96. — Cosmoscarta macgillivrayi.

aud two transverse fasciae, the first near middle and the second
before apical ai-ea, sanguineous, neither of these fasciae reach the
costa and the central one is connected along claval margin with
the basal sanguineous coloration ; wings very pale fuliginous, base
and costal margin very narrowly sanguineous ; head transversely
impressed before eyes ; pronotum transversely wrinkled, finely
longitudinally centrally carinate, lateral margins reflexed ; meso-
notum with two short, broad, compressed tubercles ; rostrum
reaching intermediate coxae ; tegmina slender, about three times
as long as broad ; posterior tibiae with a single prominent spine
beyond middle.

Length excl. tegm. 1] : exp, tegm. 28 millim.

COSMOSCAETA. 133

Hah. Sikhim {Coll. DisL).

The British Museum contains several unlocalizetl specimens of
this species collected during the voyage of H.M.S. ' Herald.'

D2309. Cosmoscarta pictilis, StM (Cercopis), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork.
18o4, p. 249; Bii/l. (Cosmoscarta) Cht. Ent. i, p. 266 (1874);
Atkins. J. A. S. B. Hv, p. 12 (1885).

" Obscurely green chalybeous ; scutellum on both sides at base
and also the apex weakly spotted with cinnabar ; tegmina sordidly
white, basal margin and two fasciae weakly cinnabar ; two spots,
one smaller before the first fascia, and the other near the apex,
uigx'O-fuscous ; femora red ; tibiae blackish." {Stdl.)

" Long. 15, lat. 6 millim."

" Hab. India Orientalis."

Butler, from the description, inclined to the view that this

species might belong to the genus PJujmatostetha. Since then I

have described, and on the previous page figured, an allied species,

C C. mac(/iUiv)'ayi, and there seems little doubt that the 2>ktilis

of Stal is a Cosmoscarta.

2310. Cosmoscarta minor, Atkins. J. A. S. B. Ivii, p. 335 (1888).

" Head and thorax metallic bluish-black, shining, the latter
finely impressly punctured ; base and apex of abdomen reddish,
a broad transverse median band brownish-black; tegmina blackish,
with a basal streak giving off a short subcostal branch and two
transverse bands, one at the base and the other at the apex of
the middle third, red ; wings fuscous-hyaline ; legs brown ; pos-
terior coxae and femora often more or J.ess croceous or reddish."

"A small species allied to the"" C. clecisa, Walk, group."'
{AtTcivison.)

Length 7; exp. tegm. 21 millim,

" Hah. Sikhim ; Dam Dim (Bhutan Dmirs)."

^311. Cosmoscarta shillongana, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, and scutellum dark bluish-black, finely pilose;

Fig. 97. — Cosmoscarta shillongana.

apex of scutellum ochraceons ; body above and beneath piceous ;
posterior abdominal segmental margins very pale luteous ; coxae

134 CEECOPID-ffl.

and legs pale ocliraceous ; tegmina piceous, finely pilose, a curved
fascia broadest near costa, transversely crossing tegmen before
apical area, and a large longitudinal basal costal spot which is
apically a little prolonged inwardly, pale ochraceous ; wings
slightly fuliginous, the ^'eins darker ; head transversely impressed
in front of eyes ; prouotum thickly finely punctate, foveately
impressed on each side before anterior margin, obliquely foveate
near each lateral angle, distinctly longitudinally carinate on
anterior half, lateral margins strongly reflexed ; face strongly
transversely striate and narrowly medially interrupted, a little
foveately impressed at base ; mesosternal tubercles subprominent ;
rostrum not quite reaching the intermediate coxae ; posterior tibiae
with a moderately strong spine beyond middle : tegmina a little
more than twice as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 8 ; exp. tegm. 19 millim.

Hah. Shillong {Coll. Atkinson, Brit. Ihis.).

'2312. Cosmoscarta margheritae, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, scutellum, and sternum bluish-black ; abdomen
and legs testaceous, tibiae and tarsi darker and more fuscous than
the femora ; tegmina shining fuscous-brown, sanguineous at base,
crossed by two greyish-white transverse faseise, the first before
and the second beyond middle ; wings very pale fuliginous, the
base and costal margin very narrowly sanguineous ; head trans-
versely impressed before eyes ; face globose, distinctly transversely
striate ; pronotum faintly transversely wrinkled, anterior central
carination obsolete, moderately foveate on each side near anterior
margin, lateral margins reflexed ; mesosternum with two broad
obtuse tubercles ; rostrum not reaching the intermediate coxae ;
tegmina long and slender, three times as long as broad ; posterior
tibiae with a single spine beyond middle.

Length excl. tegm. 8| ; exp. tegm. 23 millim.

Hab. Assam ; Margherita {Doherty).

The long and narrow tegmina are a distinctive character of this
species.

02313. Cosmoscarta castanea, Dint. Tr. E. S. ]900, p. G78.

Head, prouotum, scutellum, sternum, and legs pale castaneous ;
abdomen violaceous-brown ; tegmina pale castaneous with two
narrow transverse ochraceous fasciae, the first a little curved about
one-fourth from base, the second more slender and broken about
one-third from apex ; wings pale brownish ; pronotum thickly
and finely punctate, with an obscure central carination, two
foveate impressions near anterior margin, and an elongate im-
pression behind each lateral angle, margins reflexed ; face shortly
and moderately sulcate, moderately transversely striate ; meso-
sternal tubercles short but little prominent ; rostrum reaching the
intermediate coxae ; posterior tibiae with a very short spine near

COSMOSCAETA. 135

base and a long spine beyond middle ; tegmina less than two and
a half times as long as broad.

Length cxcl. tegm. 13 ; exp. tegm. 40 millira.

Hah. Assam ; JN'ilga Hills (Bufler, Brit. Mus.).

O23I4. Cosmoscarta ducens, Walk. (Cercopis) List Horn, iii, p. 655
(1851); Stai, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. l^GS, p. 188; Butl.
(Cosmoscarta) Cist. Ent. i, p. 255 (1874) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B.
liv, p. 8 (1885).

Head, pronotum, and scutellum black ; apex of vertex, lateral
margins of pronotum, and apex of scutellum obscurely piceous-
red ; body beneath piceous ; legs piceous-red ; tegmina black,
crossed by two narrow transverse reddish-ochraceous fasciae, the
first, which is more or less sinuate, at about one-third from base,
the second and straighter fascia before the reticulate apical are:i ;
wings dark fuliginous ; bead transversely incised in front of eyes ;
pronotum thickly and finely punctate, obliquely foveate on each
side before anterior margin, and centrally transversely impressed
near anterior margin, narrowly obliquely foveate near each lateral
angle, lateral margins reflexed ; scutellum foveate at base, cen-
trally transversely wrinkled on apical area ; face obscurely
transversely striate, only narrowly longitudinally medially inter-
rupted; mesosternal tubercles broad, compressed, subacutely
angulate ; rostrum reaching the intermediate cox83 ; posterior
tibiae with a strong spine beyond middle ; tegmina a little more
than twice as broad as long.

Length excl. tegm. 16 ; exp. tegm. 30 millim.

Hah. Sylhet {Brit. Mus.). Assam; Margherita {Coll. Dist.),
Naga Hills {fide Atkinson).

2315. Cosmoscarta egens. Walk. (Cercopis) List Horn. Sujyid. p. 171
(1858) ; Bidl. (Cosmoscarta) Cist. Ent. \, p. 265 (1874) ;
Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 8 (1885).

Body black ; scutellum, abdominal segmental and lateral margins,

0 Fig. 98. — Cosmoscarta cgens.

anal appendage, and legs testaceous or sanguineous ; teg-
mina black, a short slender basal longitudinal streak, a broader

136 CERCOPID,E.

curved fascia at base of clavus, and a transverse fascia before
apical area testaceous or sanguineous ; head transversely impressed
before eyes ; pronotum strongly foveate on each side near anterior
margin, and more slenderly and obliquely so near each lateral
angle, lateral margins strongly refiexed : mesonotum with two
short but rather acutely pointed tnbercles ; rostrum not quite
reaching the intermediate coxae ; posterior tibiae with a single
rather strong spiue beyond middle ; tegmina veiy thickly and
finely punctate, not quite two and a half times as long as broad.

Var. Tegmina without the subapical transverse fascia.

Length excl. tegm. 5 to 8 ; exp. tegm. 27 to 33 millim.

Hab, Sikhim (Ind. Ihis.). Assam ; Margherita (Doherti/), Khasi
Hills (ChenneJl), Naga Hills {DoheHy).— W . China ; Omei {Coll.
Dist.).

b2316. Cosmoscarta elegantiila, Butl Cist. Ent. i, p. 265 (1874);
Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 12 (1885).

Head, pronotum, scutellum, sternum, and legs black ; abdomen
bluish-black; coxae reddish-piceous ; tegmina shining fuscous-brown,

crossed by a testaceous-red
fascia before the apical
area, between which and
base the veins, two fasciate
streaks in costal area, the
larger occupying part of
costal margin, and a claval
marginal fascia are also
testaceous-red ; wings very
pale fuliginous Avith the
^ Vig.^^.— Cosmoscarta eleganttda. veins darker; head broadly

iiTegularly impressed be-
tween the eyes : pronotum punctate and finely transversely
rugulose, moderately foveate on each side before anterior margin,
the lateral margins refiexed ; mesonotum with two broad obtuse
tubercles ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae ; tegmina long,
slender, but not more than two and a half times as long as bi'oad ;
posterior tibiae with a single long spine beyond middle.
Length excl. tegm. 8 ; exp. tegm. 23 millim.
Hal). Assam ; Margherita and Naga Hills {.Doherty).

b. Pronotum blach, wiUi a jyale transverse fascia, or ivith
pale discal spots.

2317. Cosmoscarta dimidiata, i^rtZ/afcCercopis),?';-.^. /S.lSoO^p.ll;
Atkins. J. A. S. B. Iv, p. 195 (1886) : Bist. (Cosmoscarta) Tr.
E. S. 1900, p. 682; Bredd. (part.) Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr.
1903, p. 89.
Cercopis uudata, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 659 (1851) ; Stal, Ofv.
Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1865, p. 148; Butl. (Cosmoscarta) Cist. Ent.
i, p. 258 (1874) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 10 (1885) ; id. torn,
cit. Ivii, p. 333 (1888).

COSMOSCABTA.

137

Var. tripunctata, Atkins. J. A. S. B. Ivii, pp. 333 & 334, t. xv,

upper left-hand figure.
Var. afRnis, Atkins, torn. cit. pp. 333 & 334.

Head, pronotum, scutellum, sternum, and legs black : abdomen
bluish-black ; pronotum with a broad transverse ochraceous fascia
occupying disk, and nearer to anterior than to posterior margin ;
abdomen above with the segmental margins piceous-brown ;
tegmina black, with the base and two irregularly waved or angu-
lated transverse fascia, the first at about middle, the second
broken and near apical area, sanguineous ; wings pale, subhyaline,
very slightly fuliginous, the veins fuscous ; head transversely
impressed before eyes ; pronotum very finely punctate, the lateral
margins slightly reflexed ; scutellum transversely striate ; face
with the lateral area striate, the central area smooth ; mesonotuuT
with two flattened subtriangular tubercles ; rostrum reaching the
intermediate coxae ; posterior tibiae witli a long spine beyond
middle and a short spine near base; tegmina about two and a
half times as long as broad.

0 Var. a. Tegmina with the basal pale area and the first trans-
verse pale fascia obliterated, and the second fascia broken into
three spots {trijyunctata, Atkins.).

O Yar. h. " Rufous-testaceous bands at the base and in the middle
reduced to naiTOW lines, and the. apical band to three somewhat
distant spots arranged in a triangle " {affinis, Atkins.).

Length excl. tegm. 11 to 13 ; exp. tegm. "29 to 31 millim.

Hah. Sikhim (/?kZ. J/ws.). Assam; Khasi Hills (C^en?ieZZ), Ntiga
Hills (DoJierti/), Dibrugarh (Jide AtJdns.). Dam -Dim, Bhutan
Duars (Jide AtJcins.), Shillong (Ind. Miis.). — Malay Peninsula;
Perak and Singapore. China (Coll. Dist.).

.2318. Cosmoscarta zonaria, 8p. n.

Head, pronotum, scutellum, and body beneath black ; pronotum
with the lateral and posterior margins and a transverse fascia
before middle ochraceous : a lateral spot in front of eyes, face
(excluding base) and the legs testaceous, anterior and inter-
mediate tibiae and tarsi a little darker than the femora ; tegmina
black, crossed by two narrow transverse ochraceous fasciae, the
first before, the second beyond middle ; wings very slightly
fuliginous ; head transversely impressed in front of eyes ; pro-
notum finely obscurely punctate, centrally finely longitudinally
earinate on anterior half, lateral margins reflexed, slightly foveate
on each side near anterior margin, and narrowly obliquely so near
lateral margins ; mesosternum with two short, broad, compressed
tubercles, their apices acute ; tegmina very thickly and finely
punctate, about two and a half times as long as broad; posterior
tibiae with a single spine beyond middle.

Length excl, tegm. 9 ; exp. tegm. 20 millim.

Hah. Assam ; jVaga Hills (Dolierty).

138 CEECOPID.E.

')2319, Cosmoscarta thoracica, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 680.

Head black ; pronotiini ochraceous, its anterior margin broadly,
the lateral margins narro\A'ly, and a very broad fascia between the
lateral angles, sometimes divided centrally and not quite reaching
the lateral angles, black ; scutellum ochraceous, black at base ;
abdomen, body beneath, and legs ochraceous ; basal area of face,
lateral margins of prosternum, and apex of abdomen black ;
tegmina black, with three transverse ochraceous fasciae, one at
base, one about one-third from base, and the other before apical
area ; wings pale fuliginous ; pronotum thickly and finely punctate,
with two foveate impressions near anterior margin, and a narrower
elongate impression near each lateral angle, lateral margins strongly
reflexed ; face with a broad central impunctate impression, the
transverse impressions moderate ; mesosternal tubercles com-
pressed, obscure, non-prominent ; rostrum reaching the inter-
mediate coxa? ; posterior tibiae with a very short spine near' base
and a long spine before middle ; tegmina a little more than twice
as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 9 ; exp. tegm. 18 to 19 millim.

Hub. Trivandrum {Brit. Miis.j.

^320. Cosmoscarta taprobanensis, Atkins. J. A. S. B. Ivii, p. 333
(1888) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 127, t. iv, f. 1 (1903).

Vertex of head, pronotum, and sternum black; centre of vertex,
face, lateral margins and a transverse fascia to pronotum, scutellum
and legs testaceous ; abdomen testaceous, beneath with a double
series of black spots on the lateral areas ; tegmina piceous, basal
third and a transverse fascia before apical area testaceous, the
basal third containing a number of piceous spots ; wings sub-
hyaline, the veins darker ; head finely transversely impressed in

Fig. 100. — Cosmoscarta taprobanensis.

front of eyes ; pi'onotum punctate and rugulose, centrally longi-
tudinally cariuate, irregularly foveate on each side before anterior
margin, lateral margins reflexed: scutellum foveate at base;
pronotum with two compressed tubercles, their apices subacute ;
rostrum reaching the intermediate coxse ; tegmina very thickly
finely punctate, about two and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 7 to 9 ; exp. tegm. 21 to 23 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Pundaluoya ((?reeH),_ Ivarativu, PatipoUa {fide
Melichar).

COSMOSCARTA. 139

2321. Cosmoscarta inconspicua, Bud. (Phvmatostetha) Cist. Ent. \,

p. 267 (1874); Dist. (Cosmoscarta) 'Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 682;
Melich. (Phymatostetlia) Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 128, t. iv, f. 3
(1903).

" Head above and thorax blue-black, rugulose, testaceous
pubesceut ; head below, scutelluni, abdomen, and legs testaceous ;
thorax with lateral anterior margins and two central spots,
fulvous ; scutellum crossed by a black 'spot, vertex crossed by
regular series of black spots ; pectus black; tegmina piceous, base
irregularly testaceous, two irregular transverse bands ' dividing
them into three equal parts, the inner one interrupted ; wings
shghtly fuscescent." (Butler.)

" Length 9 ; exp. tegm. 21 millim."

Ilab. Ceylon.

"We have not yet received this species. It is allied to C. tcqiro-
banensis, from which it dilfers principally by the spotted pronotum,
and by the absence of the pale black spotted basal area to the
teguiina between the first fascia and base.

c. Pronotum red or luteous.

2322, Cosmoscarta andamana, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1878, p. 175 ;

Jl'aterh. Aid Idcnt. Ins. i, t. IviiL (1880-82) : Atlcins. J. A. S. B.
hv,p, 13 (1885).

Head (including face), pronotum, and scutellum sanguineous;
sternum and abdomen above and beneath testaceous, disk of pro-
sternum and the legs black ; tegmina black, with the base and a
transverse fascia before apical area but not reaching anterior margin,
sanguineous ; head transversely impressed in front of eyes ; pro-
notum very finely and obscurely punctate, obscurely, centrally,
longitudinally carinate on anterior half, transversely foveate on
each side before anterior margin, the lateral margins reflexed ;

^Fig. 101. — Cosmoscaiia andamana.

face somewhat broadly, longitudinally, centrally smooth between
the lateral transverse striations which gives a somewhat foveate
or sulcate appearance ; mesonotum with two short, broad, com-
pressed tubercles ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxse ;
tegmina less than two and a half times as long as broad, posterior
tibiae with a single spine beyond middle.

Length excl. tegm. 9 to 9| ; exp. tegm. 24 millim.

140 CERCOPIB.^.

Hah. Andaman Islds. {De lioepstorff). Xicobar Iskls. (Rogers).

The species varies in the length of the subapical sanguineous
fascia to the tegmiua, sometimes not extending more than half-
way across tegmen.

•^2323. Cosnioscarta inclusa, Walk. (Cercopis'i List Horn, iii, p. 658
(1851) ; Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1865, p. 147 ; Butl. (Cosmo-
scarta) Cist. Ent. \, p. 265 (1874) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 125, t. iv, f. 5 (1903).

Head (including face) and prouotum testaceous-red ; sternum,
scutellum, and abdomen above and beneath black ; legs piceous ;
tegmina piceous-black, with a transverse fascia before middle,
connected with the base along costal and claval margins, sangui-
neous ; wings fuliginous with about basal half sanguineous ; head
somewhat faintly impressed before eyes ; pronotum very finely
punctate, obscurely transversely wrinkled, centrally longitudinally
sulcate on anterior half, transversely foveate on each side before
anterior margin, lateral margins reflexed ; face transversely striate,
the striations only separated by a narrow longitudinal smooth
median area ; mesonotal tubercles somewhat conical ; posterior
tibiae with a single strong spiue beyond middle ; tegmina very
thickly and finely punctate, not quite two and a half times longer
than broad.

Length excl. tegin. 14| to 15 ; exp. tegm. 35 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Kandy (Green), Madagoda, Balangoda, Gama-
duwa, Nalanda, Matala, Anuradhapura (Jlih Melkhar).

02324. Cosmoscarta greeni, Atkiyis. J. A. S. B. Ivii, p. 334 (1888) ;
Melich. Horn. Fau7i. Ceylon, p. 126, t. iv, f. 2 (1903).

" Head and eyes deep black, the head j^ellow-pilose ; ocelli
yellowish with red reflections ; pronotum sordid orange-yellow,
pilose, with two small impressions near the anterior margin,
darker ; metanotum black, margined ochreous ; tegmiua black,
basal fourth of the posterior margin, basal third of the costal
margin, and therefrom a transverse band proceeding somewhat
obliquely towards the posterior streak and almost meeting it, also
three spots arranged in a triangle in the apical third, and of which
the cordiforni apical is largest, red; wings semihyaline, basal third
reddish-orange, rest I'uscous ; abdomen above black, with a narrow
transverse basal band reddish-ochreous ; pectus, venter, and legs
black ; venter with a reddish-ochreous band towai'ds the base ;
last tibise sometimes sordid yellow." (Atkinson.)

Length 10 ; exp. tegm. 26 milhm.

Hah. Ceylon ; Pundaluoya (Gree)i).

I have not received this species.

COSMOSCAUTA. 141

02325. Cosmoscarta samudra, sp. u.

Head (including face) black, eyes yellowish ; pronotum testa-
ceous-red, with a transverse black patch on anterior area behind
eyes ; scutellum testaceous with the apical area piceous ; body
beneath black, lateral marginal areas of prosternum testaceous-red ;
legs piceous-brown ; abdomen above pale ochraceous, its apex
piceous ; tegmina black, the base, a transverse fascia near middle,
and one beyond middle which centrally branches out into the apical
area, sanguineous ; wings hyaline, the base narrowly pale reddish ;
head transversely impressed before eyes ; pronotum finely punc-
tate and wrinkled, the lateral margins finely reflexed ; face
centrally, longitudinally, broadly flattened and smooth, the lateral
areas finely striate ; mesosternal tubercles subprominent ; rostrum
reaching the intermediate coxae ; posterior tibiae with a short spine
near base and a long spine beyond middle ; tegmina about two and
a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 12; exp. tegm. 31 millim.

Hah. Burma {Coll Dist.).

(j 2326. Cosmoscarta nycteis, Jacobi, Mt. Mus. Berlin, iii, p. 14, t. i,
f. 11 (1905).

Head black ; pronotum dull sanguineous ; a transverse patch
on anterior area of pronotum behind eyes and the scutellum black ;
abdomen above, and body beneath and legs piceous, lateral margins
of prosternum sanguineous ; tegmina sanguineous, the apical area
and a waved transverse fascia before it fuscous ; wings pale
fuliginous, the base, costal margin, and anal area narrowly, palely
sanguineous ; head transversely incised between front of eyes ;
pronotum thickly, finely punctate, obliquely transversely foveate
on each side in the black anterior marginal patch, slightlyobliquely
foveate on each side near lateral angles, centrally longitudinally
carinate on anterior half, centrally transvei-sely impressed near
anterior margin behind the ocelli, lateral margins reflexed ; face
transversely striate, broadly, smoothly, longitudinally, medially
interrupted; mesosternal tubercles compressed, moderately pro-
minent ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxoe ; posterior tibia)
with a short spine near base and a strong spine a little beyond
middle ; tegmina a little more than twice as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 12 to 14 ; exp. tegm. 32 to 38 millim.

Hah. Assam {Berlin and Brit. Muss.).

2327. Cosmoscarta nigrofasciata, Atkins. J. A. S. B. Ivii, p. 33,3,
t. XV, lower left-liaud figure (1888).

" Orange-yellow ; two transverse bands on each tegmen, the one
before the other in the middle, black ; apex of tegmina finely
reticulated blackish ; pectus (except the lateral margins) and a

142 CEKCOPiDJi;.

fine margin of the base of the segments of the abdomen above and

beneath, black ; feet yellow-ochreous ; wings fuscous-hyaline."

(Atkinson.)

Mesosteriial tubercles broad, much compressed but pi'orainently

raised ; rostrum not quite reaching the intermediate coxae ; tegmina

two and a half times as long as broad.
"Long. 15; exp. tegm. 39 millim."
Hab. Sikhini ; Muugphu (Atkins. Coll., Brit. Mks.).

0 2328. Cosmoscarta pallida, Walk. (Cercopis) List Ham. iii, p. 657
(1851) ; Butl. (Cosmoscarta) Cist. Ent. i, p. 265 (1874) ; Atkins.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 12 (1885).
Cercopis ferruginea, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 660 (1851).

Luteous ; head either wholly luteous above or (excluding
vertex) piceous ; abdomen above and disk of mesosternum black ;
abdominal apex luteous ; tegmina luteous, a marginal streak at
base of clavus and a transverse fascia before apical area ochraceous,
the ochraceous subapical fascia is sometimes broken into two spots ;
wings pale fuliginous, the base and costal margin very narrowly
sanguineous ; head transversely impressed in front of eyes ; pro-
notum thickly finely punctate, obscurely transversely wrinkled,
finely, centrally, longitudinally carinate on anterior half, trans-
versely foveate on each side before anterior margin, lateral margins
reflexed ; face finely transversely striate, mesosternum with two
prominent conical black tubercles ; rostrum reaching the inter-
mediate coxae ; posterior tibiae with a strong spine beyond middle ;
tegmina two and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 9 to 9| ; exp. tegm. 29 to 32 milhm.

Hah. Assam ; Naga Hills (Doherty).

C 2329. Cosmoscarta naiteara, Bist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 668, t. ix, f. 1.

Head (including face), pronotum, scutellum, anterior femora,
and bases of anterior and posterior tibife ochraceous ; two small
spots at base of head and inner margins of eyes, two rounded
spots on anterior area of pronotum, apical area of scutellum
(sometimes its whole surface), body and legs bluish-black ; lateral
margins of sternum ochraceous ; tegmina piceous, the basal third
ochraceous with the veins and a transverse spot on discoidal area
piceous, a broken inwardly-directed macuLir ochraceous fascia at
about one-third from apex ; wings smoky hyaline ; head trans-
vex-sely impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum finely and obscurely
wrinkled and punctate, longitudinally centrally carinate on an-
terior half, moderately foveate on each side before anterior margin,
the foveations piceous or black, obliquely foveate near each lateral
angle, the lateral margins reflexed ; scutellum foveate at base,
transversely wrinkled on lateral and apical areas ; face globose
and strongly wrinkled on apical area, medially, smoothly, nari-owly,
longitudinally impressed ; mesosternal tubercles compressed, only
moderately prominent ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae ;

COSMOSCARTA. 143

tegmina about two and a half times longer than broad ; posterior
tibiae with a short spine near base and a long spine beyond middle.

Var. a. Tegmina with the basal ochraceous area only indicated
by outer spots.

Var. h. Tegmina nearly wholly ochraceous, only apical fourth
and two or three discal spots piceous.

Length excl. tegm. 15 to 17; exp. tegm. 40 to 48 millim.

Hah. Utakamand {Atlchis. Coll., Brit. Mus.). Malabar (Coll.
Dist.).

^2330. Cosmoscarta relata, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 669.

Head (including face), pronotum and lateral margins of pro-
sternum dull ochraceous ; two duplex spots near anterior margin
of pronotum, scutellum, abdomen, body beneath, and legs dark
indigo-blue; anterior legs (excluding' femoral bases) and the
intermediate tibicTS brownish-ochraceous ; tegmina black, a broken
claval basal fascia connected with a much angulated transverse
fascia crossing tegmen before middle, a basal costal fascia, a discal
spot a little beyond base, and an angulated transverse fascia
before apical area, not reaching costal margin, reddish-ochra-
ceous ; wings fuliginous, strongly sanguineous at base and costal
area; pronotum finely wrinkled and punctate; lateral margins
reflexed; face narrowly centrally sulcate, strongly laterally trans-
versely striate ; posterior tibiae with a strong spine beyond
middle; mesosternal tubercles broad, much compressed ; rostrum
about reaching intermediate coxae ; tegmina less than two and a
half times longer than broad.

Length excl. tegm. 15 ; exp. tegm, 40 millim.

Hah. Karwar {Atlcins. Coll., Brit. Mus.). Central India,
Bargur. Mysore; Hassan (Zc//-oy).

B. Tegmina not transverseh/ fasciated, apical area black, basal area
generally more or less spotted.

a. Pronotum black, the margins red or ochraceous.
C)2331. Cosmoscarta raja, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 675.

■'■ Fig. 102. — Cosmoscarta raja.
Head (including face) and pronotum bluish-black, lateral margins

144 CEKCOPID.E.

of the pronotum reddish-ochraceous ; scutellum and abdomen above
sanguineous ; body beneath and legs pale sanguineous ; anterior
and intermediate tarsi piceous ; tegmina sanguineous ; apical area
and six spots piceous, of tbe spots three oblique and narrower are
near base, followed by a discal irregulai-ly rounded spot, an outer
oblique spot from costa, and a larger spot connected with tbe inner
margin ; wiugs very pale fuliginous, the base and costal margin
very narrowly sanguineous ; head transversely impressed before
eyes ; pronotum finely punctate, the lateral margins reflexed,
obliquely foveate on each side before anterior margin ; face
strongly transversely impressed ; mesosternal tubercles com-
pressed, subpromiuent, rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae ;
posterior tibiae with a single spine beyond middle ; tegmina about
two and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 9 to 10 ; exp. tegm. 22 miUira.

Hah. Assam ; Margherita {Dolierty).

02332. Cosmoscarta rotundata, Walk. (Cercopis) List Horn. Svppl.
p. 174 (1858); Sm, Ofv. Vet. -Ah. Fork. 1865, p. 149; Butl.
(Cosmoscarta) Cist. Ent. \, p. 260 (1874).

Head black, vertex and face testaceous-red ; pronotum black,
the lateral and posterior margins narrowly testaceous-red ;
abdomen above, body beneath, and legs testaceous-red; sternum
(excluding pi-osternal lateral margins) and a double lateral series
of spots to abdomen beneath, piceous ; tegmina reddish-ochra-
eeous, the apical ai-ea and six spots black, of these spots one
transverse is in costal area near base, two beneath it, two in
claval area, and the largest a little before apical area, curved,
commencing near costa and terminating just before inner claval
margin ; wings pale fuliginous, the base very slightly and narrowly-
pale sanguineous ; head finely transversely impressed before eyes ;
pronotum finely punctate, transversely impressed on each side
before anterior margin, very finely centrally carinate on anterior
half, obliquely foveate near each lateral angle ; mesosternal
tubercles compressed, moderately subacutely prominent ; rostrum
reaching the intermediate coxae ; posterior femora with a long
spine beyond middle ; tegmina broad, little more than twice as
long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 11 ; exp, tegm. 34 millim.

Hah. ISylhet {Coll. Z)?'.s^).— Siam {Brit. Miis.).

*" 2333. Cosmoscarta putamara, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 680.

Head, pronotum, and scutellum oHvaceous-black ; lateral and
posterior margins of pronotum, lateral margins and apex of
scutellum, abdomen, body beneath, and legs reddish-ochraceous;
tegmina reddish-ochraceous, a discal spot at about one-third from
base and the apical area black; wings pale fuliginous: head

OOSMOSCAUTA. 145

transversely impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum somewhat
coarsely and thickly punctate, with two foveate impressions near
antei'ior margin and a more elongate impression near each lateral
angle, kiteral margins reflexed ; lateral areas of face transversely
striate, but the disk broadly longitudinally smooth ; mesosternal
tubercles compressed, subprominent ; rostrum not quite reaching
intermediate coxae ; posterior tibiae with a single spine beyond
middle ; tegmina not quite two and a half times as long as
broad.

Length excl. tegm. 10; exp, tegm. 23 millim.

Hah. Malabar {Coll. Dist.).

b. Pronotum ocliraceonft.

2331. Cosmoscarta tennanti, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 674 ; Melich-
Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 128 (1903).

Head (including face), pronotum, scutellum, and lateral margins
of pronotum ochraceous ; abdomen above and beneath and sternum
bluish-black ; legs and apex of abdomen castaneous ; tegmina with
about basal third ochraceous, remaining area bluish-back, piceous
towards apex, at about centre of the blackish area are two
ochraceous spots, one above the other, the uppermost larger and
prominently notched ; head transversely impressed in front of
eyes ; pronotum very finely and obscurely punctate, prominently

U Fig, 103. — Cosmoscarta tennanti. \

longitudinally carinate on anterior half, obliquely foveate on each
side near anterior margin, less and more obscurely so near each
lateral angle, lateral margins reflexed ; face transversely striate,
somewhat narrowly longitudinally broken on disk ; mesosternal
tubercles compressed, subprominent ; rostrum not quite reaching
intermediate coxae ; posterior tibiae with a single spine beyond
middle ; tegmina two and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 11 ; exp. tegm. 28 millim.

Hah. Ceylon {Coll. Dist.).

146 CERCOPiD.i:.

c. Pronotum red or luteovs, more or less siiotted ivith blacJc.

2335, Cosmoscarla flora, sp. n.

Head (including face) testaceous-red ; pronotum ochraceous,
with a transverse central black fascia at anterior margin behind
head ; scutellum testaceous-red ; abdomen above and beneath
purplish-red; sternum ochraceous with the disk piceous ; legs
ochraceous or palely testaceous ; tegmina ochraceous, the apical
area and four spots black, of these spots one is subbasal beneath
radial area, the other three in a curved discal transverse series ;
wings Aery pale fuliginous ; head transversely impressed in front
of eyes ; pronotum very thickly and finely punctate, the lateral
margins reflexed ; face finely, laterally, transversely striate,
centrally, longitudinally, smoothly interrupted ; mesosternal
tubercles compressed, not prominent; rostrum not reaching the
intermediate coxse ; tegmina about two and a half times as long as
broad.

Length excl. tegm. 11; exp. tegm. 25 millim.

Ilab. Himalayas (Coll. Dist.).

2336. CosniOSCarta dorsalis. Walk. (Cercopis) List Ham. iii, p. 658

(1851) ; Butl. (Cosmoscarta) Cist. Ent. i, p. 260 (1874) ;

Atkins. J. A. 8. B. liv, p. 11 (1885).
OCercopis connexa, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 663 (1851).
|sCercopis ramosa, Wcdk. Ins. Saund., Ilom. p. 85 (1858).

Head with the vertex piceous, the lateral areas sanguineous ;
pronotum piceous, the lateral margins and the disk sanguineous ;
sternum piceous ; legs and abdomen testaceous-red ; tegmina
sanguineous, apical area and seven rounded spots — one at base,
and three each in two curved transverse series, black, the black
apical area is inwardly indented ; wings hyaline, fuliginous
on apical area ; head transversely impressed before eyes ; pro-
notum thickly finely punctate, obliquely foveate on each side
before anterior margin, centrally longitudinally carinate to
anterior half, lateral margins reflexed; mesosternal tubercles
compressed, subprominent ; rostrum about reaching intermediate
coxse ; posterior tibiae with a short spine at base and a strong
spine beyond middle ; tegmina about two and a half times as long
as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 9 to 13 ; exp. tegm. 26 to 31 millim.

Hob. Kangra Valley (-Dwc?^fo>i). Sikhim (/ntZi«n il/ws.). Assam;
Khasi Hills ( Chennell).

This species is variable in character ; in some specimens the
pronotum is testaceous-red with two transverse black spots near
anterior margin, in others there are only six spots to tegmina, the
basal one being obliterated.

COSMOSCAKTA. 147

V2337. Cosmoscarta bispecularis, White (Cercopis), A. M. N. H. xiv,
p. 426 (1844) ; Sldl, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxii, p. 153 (1861) ; Butl
(Cosmoscarta) Cist. Eiit. i, p. 259 (1874) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B.
liv, p. 10 (1885).

Body beueath and legs testaceous-red ; four black spots to
pronotum, two smaller near anterior margin, and two very much
larger and inwardly oblique on disk; sternum and a quadruple
series of large spots to abdomen beneath, black ; lateral margins
of prosternum testaceous-red ; tegmina pale testaceous-red, the
apical area, six large rounded spots arranged in two transverse
series and a longitudinal spot at base, black ; wings pale fuli-
ginous, the basal area narrowly sanginueous ; head transversely
impressed before eyes : pronotum thickly finely punctate, foveately
impressed on each side near anterior margin, obliquely foveate
near each lateral angle, centrally longitudinally carinate for almost
its entire length, lateral margins reflexed ; face transversely
striate, narrowly, medially, longitudinally interrupted ; meso-
sternal tubercles broad, compressed, subprominent ; rostrum
reaching the intermediate coxae ; posterior tibioe with a short spine
near base and a strong spiue beyond middle ; tegmina a little
more than twice as long as broad.

Length escl. tegm. 11 ; exp. tegm. 24 to 25 millim.

Hah. " JSr. India " {Brit. Mus.). Assam {AtMns. Coll.).—M.&\diy
Peninsula.

C. Tegmina not transversely faseiatecl, apical area ochraceous,
basal area spotted.

(y'2338. Cosmoscarta dorsimacula, WallC (Cercofis) List Horn, iii,
p. 658 (1851) ; Butl. (Cosmoscarta) Cist. Ent. i, p. 259 (1874) ;
Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 11 (1885).
Cercopis quadrimaculata, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 661 (1851).

Body and legs testaceous-red ; four spots to pronotum, the

OFig. 104. — Cosmoscarta dorsimacula.

smaller near anterior margin, the larger discal, metanotum, base
of abdomen above, sternum (excluding lateral margins of pro-
sternum), and a double longitudinal series of spots on each side of

l2

148 CERCOPID^,

abdomen beneath, black ; tegmina testaceous-red, the apical area
ochraceous, seven large black spots, six in two irregular transverse
series, the seventh subapical and subcostal ; wings pale bronzy ;
head transversely impressed before eyes ; pronotum thickly, finely,
obscurely punctate, two foveate impressions near anterior margin
at the location of the two smaller black spots and an oblique
foveation in each of the larger black spots ; a fine central longi-
tudinal carination on anterior half, the lateral margins reflexed ;
face transversely striate on each lateral area ; mesosternal tubercles
transverse, compi-essed, subprominent ; rostrum about reaching
the intermediate coxae ; posterior tibiae with a short spine near
base and a strong spine beyond middle ; tegmina about twice as
long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 13 to 15 ; exp, tegm. 36 to 38 milhm.

Hah. Kangra Valley (D^idgeon). Mussooree (MncHnnon).
Sikhim ; Darjiling, Kurseong (Annandale). Assam ; Naga Hills
(Doherfi/).

2339. Cosmoscarta fictilis, Butl. Cist. Ent. i, p. 259 (1874); AtUns.

j; ^..S. 5. liv, p. 11 (1885).

Butler thus describes this species : — " Closely allied to C. dorsi-
macida, but differs in its usually smaller size, narrower thorax,
duller and more uniform colouring and much smaller and more
regularly uniform black spots."

The colour of the tegmina and body is ochraceous, not testaceous-
red ; the seventh subapical black spot to tegmina is frequently
obliterated and so also are sometimes the two posterior spots to
the pronotum. It is of doubtful specific value and may prove
to be but a colour variety oxC. dorsimacida.

Length excl. tegm. 11 to 12 ; exp. tegm. 32 mihim.

Hub. Assam ; Khasi Hills (Ohennell), Naga Hills {Doliertij). —
Penang {Brit. Mm.).

2340. Cosmoscarta septempunctata, Walk. (Cercopis) List Horn, ill,

p. 659(1851).
Cosmoscarta bifasciata, Butl. (part.) Cist. JSnt. i, p. 259 (1874).
Cercopis fulva, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 663 (1851).

Body and legs testaceous-red ; mesosternal tubercles, a double
series of large spots on each side of abdomen beneath and some-
times two small spots near anterior margin of pronotum, black ;
tegmina testaceous-red, the apical area ochi*aceous, with six spots
arranged in two irregular transverse series, sometimes with a
seventh subapical and subcostal spot, black ; wings pale fuliginous ;
head transversely impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum thickly,
finely and obscurely punctate, transversely foveate on each side
behind anterior margin and longitudinally so near each lateral
angle, centrally longitudinally carinate on anterior half, lateral
margins moderately reflexed ; mesosternal tubercles broad, com-
pressed, subprominent ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae ;

COS>rOSCARTA. 149

apices ot' tibiae and tarsi black ; posterior tibiae with a short spine
near base and a strong spine beyond middle ; tegmina about two
and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 10 to 11 ; exp. ^S to 31 millim.

Hah. Sikhim ; tSookna, Tindharia, liungtong, Sonidrigal (Indian
Mus.) ; Dam Dim {Indian Mas.). Assam ; Shillong, Margherita.
Burma : lihamo (Fea), Momeit, Ruby Mines {Doherty).

(5 2341. Cosmoscarta menaca, Dist. Tr. E. 8. 1900, p. (>77.

Cosmoscarta octopuuctata, Atkins, {nee Amy. ^- Serv.) J. A. S. B.
Ivii, p. 334, t. XV, lower right-hand figure (1888).

Ochraceous ; metauotum, fourth and fifth abdominal segments
above and sometimes the base of the third, sternum and basal
areas of the abdominal segments beneath, black ; lateral margins
of the prosternum ochraceous ; legs ochraceous, intermediate and
posterior femora more or less black ; tegmina ochraceous with five
black spots, two in clavus and three discal, sometimes with a sixth
subapical and subcostal, or again with only one in claval area ;
wings very pale bronzy ; head transversely impressed before eyes ;
pronotum dilated on each side, the lateral angles rounded, very
finely and obscurely pilose and punctate, the lateral margins
broadly reflexed, centrally longitudinally carinate on anterior half,
transversely, subtriangularly foveate on each side before anterior
margin ; mesosternal tubercles conically prominent ; rostrum
reaching the intermediate coxae ; posterior tibiae with a short
spine near base and a more robust spine beyond middle ; tegmina
about three times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 15 to 17 ; exp. tegm. 40 to 44 millim.

Hab. Assam ; Khasi Hills (C^eui^eZ?).— Dindiug Isld. Borneo.

This species is alUed to the Javan G. octopuuctata, Amy. & Serv.,
and is at once separated from the three preceding species by the
dilated pronotum.

D. Tegmina blacl; spotted luitli ochraceous.

C 2342. Cosmoscarta trimacula, Walk. (Monecphora) List Horn, iii,
p. 682 (1851) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 113 (1885) ; Dist.
(Cosmoscarta) Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 683.

Head, pronotum and scutellum shining black ; abdomen above
and body beneath piceous ; legs brownish-ochraceous ; tegmina
black with three greyish-wliite or ochraceous spots arranged in
longitudinal series, one at extreme base, another before middle
and the third immediately before the apical reticulate area ;_ wings
sordidly greyish, the veins fuscous ; head transversely incised in
front of eyes ; pronotum thickly finely punctate, transversely
foveate on each side before anterior margin, obliquely foveate
near each lateral angle, lateral margins strongly reflexed ; scutellum
foveate near base ; face transversely striate, the disk broadly

150 CEECOPID^.

longitudinally smooth and slightlj^ depressed ; mesosternal
tubercles subprominent ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae ;
body beneath finely pilose ; posterior tit)ia3 with a strong spine
beyond middle ; tegmiua about two and a half times as long as
broad.

Length excl. tegm. 7 ; exp. tegm. 17 to 18 millim.

Hab. Bombay {Leith ^- Dlccon).

A small and very distinctly marked species.

E. Tegmina black or piceous, only more or less spotted near base.

C 2343. Cosmoscarta tricolor, St. Fary. ^- Serv. (Cercopis) Enc. Meth.
x,p. 604 (1825) ; Butl. (Cosmoscarta) Cist. Ent. i, p. 245 (1874) ;
Bist. J. A. S. B. xlviii (2) p. 40, t. xi, f. 5 (1879) ; Atkins.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 6 (1885).

Var. Head (including face) and body above testaceous-red ;
some small spots on each side of pronotum near anterior margin,
lateral fasciae to the abdomen above and base of scutellum
black ; body beneath black ; lateral margins of prosternum, legs
and margins of abdominal segments testaceous-red ; intermediate
and posterior femora (excluding apices) black ; tegmina black,
with base of clavus and four spots in irregular trausvei'se series a
little beyond base, sanguineous ; wings fuliginous, extreme base

( Fig. 105. — Cosmoscarta tricolor, var.

sanguineous, and with two pale greyish longitudinal lines in radial
area ; head transversely impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum
finely wrinkled and punctate, longitudinally carinate on anterior
half, lateral margins broadly reflexed ; face transversely striate on
lateral areas, centrally, broadly, longitudinally smooth ; meso-
sternal tubercles broad, compressed, subconically acute ; posterior
tibiae with a strong spine beyond middle ; tegmina rather more
than two and a half times as long as broad.

^'' Differs from the typical form of^C. tricolor in having the basal
spots to the tegmina sanguineous, rather than stramineous or
ochraceous, and in the more testaceous colour of the pronotum.
Length excl. tegm. 19 to 20 ; exp. tegm. 45 to 48 millim.

COSMOSCARTA. 151

Hah. Teuasserim ; Moolai (Limborg), Myitta {Doliertij). —
Sumatra ; Java ; Borneo.

The specimens from Tenasserim represent the varietal form
{suj}ra) ; those from the Malayan Islands are typical.

^ 2344. Cosmoscarta basinotata, Butl. Cist. Ent. i, p. 245 (1874).

This is a closely allied species to C. tricolor, and principally
differs in the following characters : — The abdomen above is black,
with the segmental margins testaceous-red and a central longi-
tudinal series of small testaceous-red segmental spots, the apical
segment is ochraceous ; the tegmina are spotted as in C. tricolor.,
but the spots are ochraceous ; the tegmina are a little narrower
and more apically pointed.

It is questionable whether this may not prove to be another
varietal form of G. tricolor, with which, as Butler writes, it w^as
formerly associated in the National Mnseum ; however, I possess
a long series of both and the markings are at least constant.

Length excl. tegm. 21 ; exp. tegin. 47 millim.

Hah. Tavoy {Brit. Mas.). — Malay Peninsula ; Borneo.

'2345. Cosmoscarta siamensis, But/. Cist. Ent. i, p. 245, t. viii, f. 1
(1874) ; Atki7is. J. A. S. B. Iv, p. 193 (1886).

Head (including face), pronotum and scutellum luteous ; abdomen
above, body beneath and legs black ; lateral margins of pro-
sternum luteous ; tegmina black, base of costal area connected
with a transverse basal spot sanguineous ; wings dark fuliginous ;
head transversely impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum thickly
finely punctate, foveate on each side before anterior mai'gin,
longitudinally so near each lateral angle, finely longitudinally
carinate on anterior half, lateral and posterior margins reflexed ;
face transversely striate, the striations only interrupted by a
central longitudinal narrow smooth space ; mesosternal tubercles
somewhat conically prominent ; rostrum reaching the intermediate
coxae ; posterior tibife with a strong spine beyond middle ; tegmina
about two and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 11 to 18 ; exp. tegm. 34 to 42 millim.

Hah. Andaman Islands {de Roepstorff). — Cambodia, Laos
{Brit. Mus.).

I possess four specimens of this species from the Andaman
Islands. The specimens on which Butler founded the species were
collected in Cambodia and Laos by Henri Mouhot.

'2346. Cosmoscarta pronotalis, sp. n.

Body above and beneath black ; legs piceous ; pronotum with a
large, sanguineous, central undulating fascia which occupies the
lateral areas and forms two discal sub-obconical spots ; lateral
margins of prosternum sanguineous ; tegmina black, bases of

152 CEECOPID^.

costal and claval areas sanguineous ; wings verj^ pale fuliginous,
extreme base and bases of costal and anal areas pale sangineous ;
head transversely impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum finely
punctate and slightly wrinkled, foveately impressed on each side
behind eyes and obliquely foveate near each lateral angle,
centrally longitudinally carinate on anterior halF ; seutellum
broadly depressed at base, remaining area transversely wrinkled ;
raesosternal tubercles subprominent ; rostrum reaching the inter-
mediate coxae ; face transversely striate, somewhat broadly,
medially, longitudinally interrupted ; posterior tibiae with a short
spine at base and a strong spine beyond middle; tegmina two and
a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 11 ; exp. tegm. 33 millim.

Hob. Assam {Atlcinson Coll., Brit. Mus.).

02347. Cosmoscarta fulviceps, Z)^//.^ (Cercopis), Tr. E. S. 1850,
p. 10 ; Dist. (Cosmoscarta) Tr. E. S. 1900, p. 682.
0 Cercopis nigripennis, Walk, {nee Fabr.) List Horn, iii, p. 653

(1851).
Q Cosmoscarta megamera, Bidl. Cist. Ent. i, p. 246, t. \m, f. 3
(1874) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 7 (1885).

Head (including face) and pronotum luteous ; seutellum piceous ;
abdomen above and body beneath bluish-black ; legs piceous ;
lateral margins of prosternum luteous ; tegmina black, with a short
sanguineous basal streak to clavus ; wings fuliginous, base and
costal area very narrowly sanguineous ; head transversely
impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum thickly and very finely
punctate, with three transverse foveations before anterior margin,
one central, the others behind it on each side, more obscurely
obliquely foveate near each lateral angle, lateral and posterior
margins reflexed ; face transversely striate, the striations only
interrupted by a smooth medial longitudinal line; mesosternal
tubercles compressed, moderately angularly prominent, posterior
tibiae with p. short spine near base and a long spine beyond middle ;'
tegmina about two and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 14 to 16 ; exp. tegm. 38 to 44 millim.

Hah. Sikhim ; Darjiling {Coll. Dist.); Bhutan (Brit. Mus.).
Assam ; Shillong {Indian Mus.), Margherita and Naga Hills
{Doherty), Khasi Hills {Chennell). Burma ; Bhamo {Fea) ; Upper
Tenasserim {Limborg). — Malay Peninsula ; Siam ; Hong Kong.

^2348. Cosmoscarta moorei, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1878, p. 321; Atki7is.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 7 (1885).

Black, shining, irregularly pilose ; tegmina thickly and finely
punctate with the base, botJi above and below, carmine-red, this
coloration consists of a narrow straight subcostal streak of about
3 millim. in length and a broader claval streak of about the same
length, gradually rounded and narrowed at its terminaton ; wings
fuscous, costal edge for about half the length narrowly tinged

COSMOSCARTA. 153

with carmine ; face trausversely striate with a distiuct central
longitudinal impression ; eyes luteous ; pi-onotum with a central
longitudinal carinatiou on its anterior half; posterior margins of
scutellum, metanotum and abdominal segments, apex and lateral
margins of abdomen, carmine ; anterior legs dull reddish ; posterior
tibiae armed with a strong spine beyond middle ; intermediate legs
piceous ; mesosternum with two very large, thick, conical teeth.

Length excl. tegm. 13 ; exp. tegm. 35 millim.

Hah. Sikhim.

The above description refers to a single specimen in the
collection of the late Frederic Moore.

E. Terjmina black or piceous ; greater part of costal area luteous.

2349. Cosmoscarta fuscipennis, St. Faro. ^- Sero. (Cercopis) Em:
Meth. X, p. 60ri (1825) ; ^S/a/ (Cosmoscarta), Hem. Fabr. u, p. 11
(1869); Butl. Cist. Ent. i, p. 246 (1874); AtUns. J. A. !S. B.
liv, p. 7 (1885).

Cercopis plana, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 653 (1851).

Cosmoscarta lurida. Atkins. J. A. S. B. Ivii, p. 335 (1888).

Head (including face), pronotum, legs and lateral margins of
^foflDtuHi luteous ; soutellum and abdomen above purplish-black ;
body beneath and posterior femora piceous ; tegraina black, basal
two-thirds of costal area luteous, sometimes base and claval area
more faintly of the same colour; wings fuliginous with the veins
piceous ; head faintly transversely impressed in front of eyes ;
pronotum thickly finely punctate, three moderate transverse
foveations before anterior margin, one central, the other two
behind it on each side and each of the latter containing one or
two small black spots, lateral and posterior margins reflexed ;
mesosternal tubercles compressed and broadly acute ; rostrum
reaching the intermediate coxae ; posterior tibiae with a long spine
beyond middle ; tegmina less than two and a half times as long
as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 12 to 14 ; exp. tegm. 31 to 40 millim.

Hab. Malabar (fide Atldnson). — Malay Peninsula and some
islands of the Malayan Archipelago.

(jT. Tegmina uniformlg taivny or testaceous.

C^2350. Cosmoscarta leonina, sp. u.

Head (including face) and pronotum ochraceous ; abdomen above
and beneath violaceous-black; scutellum, mesonotum, sternum
and legs castaneous ; lateral margins of prosternum ochraceous ;
tegmina tawny-brown, slightly ochraceous at base of clavus ; wings
pale fuliginous, basal area narrowly fuscous ; head transversely
im])ressed at front of eyes ; pronotum thickly finely punctate,
foveately impressed on each side near anterior margin, obliquely
foveate near each lateral angle, slightly longitudinally carinate on

154

CEECOPIDS;.

anterior lialf , lateral margins strongly retlexed ; scutellum trans-
versely wrinkled, foveate at base ; face transversely striate,
narrowly, longitudinally, medially interrupted ; rostrum reaching
the intermediate coxse ; mesosternal tubercles obtusely prominent ;
posterior tibiae with a prominent spine beyond middle ; tegmina
about tAvo and a half times as long as broad ; legs somewhat
longly pilose.

Length excl. tegm. IG; exp. tegm. 45 millim.

Hah. Upper Burma ; Mayniyo {Bingluim, Brit. Mus.).

2351. Cosmoscarta aflanis, Atkins. (Callitettix) /. A. S. B. lvii,p. 3.36

(1888) ; Bist. (Cosmoscarta) Tr. E. S.19Q0, p. 683.

Body black ; lateral and posterior margins of pronotum,
scutellum, posterior area of face, anal segment of abdomen and
the legs testaceous-red ; tegmina pale testaceous, the apical
margin black ; wings very pale fuliginous ; head transversely
impressed before eyes ; pronotum rugulosely punctate, centrally
longitudinally carinate throughout its entire length, foveate on
each side before anterior margin and centrally transversely
impressed near anterior margin, the lateral margins reflexed;
scutellum strongly foveate on basal area; face transversely
striate, centrally broadly longitudinally smooth and slightly
depressed ; mesosternal tubercles compressed, broadly subacute ;
rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae ; posterior tibiae wdth a
slender spine beyond middle; tegmina a little more than twice
as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 8^ ; exp. tegm. 22 to 23 millim,

Hab. Ceylon; Pundaluoya (G^ree^).

H. Tegmina uniformly black or piceous.

2352. Cosmoscarta funeralis, Butl. Cist. Ent. i, p. 247, t. viii, f. 4

(1874) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 7 (1885) ; Bredd. Deutsche
ent. Zeitschr. 1903, p. 86.

Head (including face) and pronotum dark castaneous ; scutellum
and metauotum piceous ; abdomen above pale sanguineous ; body
beneath and legs pale testaceous, abdominal segments ti'ansversely
banded and laterally spotted with black, apices of femora some-
times piceous ; tegmina piceous or black ; wings fuliginous ; head
transversely impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum thickly, very
finely punctate, with a faint longitudinal carination on anterior
half, transversely foveate on each side before anterier margin,
lateral margins reflexed; mesosternal tubercles compressed and
broadly prominently acute; rostrum reaching the intermediate
coxae ; posterior tibiae with a long spine beyond middle ; tegmina
less than two and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 12 to 15 ; exp." tegm. 33 to 43 millim.

Hab. Assam ; Khasi Hills.— Malay Peninsula ; Perak (Doherti/).

COSMOSCARTA.

155

^353. Cosmoscarta nigra, Atkins. J. A. S. B. Ivii, p. 335 (1888).

Head, pronotura, scutellum and sternum black ; abdomen
bluish-black ; legs piceous ; tegmina piceous-black ; wings pale
fuliginous ; head transversely impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum
finely obscurely punctate, foveate on each side before anterior
margin, obliquely foveate near each lateral angle, lateral margins
reflexed ; scutellum transversely striate ; mesosternal tubercles
prominent, subacute ; rostrum about reaching the intermediate
coxae ; posterior tibiae armed with a strong spine beyond middle
tegmina not quite two and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegm. 11 ; exp. tegra. 34 millim.

Hah. '^\V\\\m {fide Atlcinson) ; Dunsiri Valley (GoU. Bkt.).

sp. n.

^2354. Cosmoscarta hyalinipennis,

Head black, vertex and face dull castaneous ; pronotum black,
the lateral margins very narrowly dull castaneous ; scutelhim
castaneous, more piceous at base ; abdomen black, the segmental
margins and anal segment castaneous ; sternum black, its lateral
margins and the legs castaneous, the latter more or less suffused
with piceous ; tegmina black ; wings pale fuliginous, hyaline, the
base narrowly testaceous ; head transversely impressed in front of
eyes, the ocelli ochraceous ; pronotum thickly finely punctate,
foveately impressed on each side before anterior margin, obliquely
foveate near each lateral angle, lateral margins moderately reflexed ;
scutellum transversely depressed at base ; mesosternal tubercles
only moderately prominent; rostrum reaching the intermediate
coxae ; posterior tibiae with a long spine beyond middle ; tegmina
about two and a half times as long as broad.

Length excl. tegra. 14 ; exp. tegm. 34 millim.

Hah. Darjiling {Coll. Dist.).

/)2355. Cosmoscarta viridans, Guer. (Cercopis) Voy.Belang.Ind. Orient.
p. 501, Atlas, t. iii, f. 7 a (1834); Butl. (Cosmoscarta) Cist.
Ent. i, p. 249 (1874) ; Atkins. J. A.S. B. liv, p. 8 (1885).
^Ceroopis latissima, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 655 (1851).

Head, pronotum, scutellum and body beneath shining black ;
abdomen above shining violaceous-black, its posterior lateral
margins, anal segment and legs reddish-testaceous ; tegmina
brilhant shining black ; wings somewhat dark fuhginous ; eyes
pale ochraceous ; head transversely impi-essed between eyes ;
pronotum with the lateral margins obliquely straight, not convex,
foveately impressed on each side before anterior margin, obliquely
impressed near each lateral angle, lateral margins reflexed ;
scutellum transversely wrinkled ; mesosternal tubercles conically
produced ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae ; face strongly
transversely striate, narrowly centrally interrupted ; posterior
tibiae ^dth a strong spine beyond middle ; tegmina two and a half

156 CBBCOPIDiE.

times as loug as bi'oad, their apices narrowed, costal margin
strongly arched at base.

Length excl. tegm. 17 to 19; exp. tegm. 48 to 54 miUim.

Hah. Coromandel Coast {fide Guerin). — Ja^ a ; Sumatra,

2356. Cosmoscarta masoni, Dist. J. A. S. B. xlvii, p. 194 (1878); id.
torn. cit. xlviii, p. 40, t. ii, f. 6 (1879); Atkitis. J A. S. B. Uv,
p. 8 (1885).

Head (including face) very pale testaceous ; pronotum stra-
mineous, with a transverse subquadrate black spot at anterior
margin behind head; scutellum, abdomen, body beneath and legs
shining black, legs somewhat piceous, lateral margins of the pro-
sternum stramineous ; tegmina black, their apical areas sometimes
fuscous-brown ; wings fuliginous ; head strongly transversely
impressed in front of eyes ; pronotum with the lateral margins
reflexed, nearly obliquely straight, not convex, the lateral angles
very strongly and acutely produced, centrally longitudinally
carinate on anterior ai-ea, foveately impressed on each side of the
anterior black patch ; face robustly tumid, transversely strigose,
with a central impunctate longitudinal impression ; mesosternal
tubercles subconically produced ; rostrum reaching the inter-
mediate coxae; posterior tibiae with a strong spine beyond middle ;
tegmina not quite two and a half times longer than broad.

Length excl. tegm. 17; exp. tegm. 45 millim.

Hah. Tenasserim; Taoo (Limborg), Myitta (DoherU/). — Malay
Peninsula ; Pahang (Craddoch). Borneo ; Kina Balu ( Whitehead).

6yy/

JASSIDyE. 157

O

Family JASSID.E. , }c^^cU^dsx,)

0 Tettigoiiiidfe, Fitcfi, Homop., Fourth Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Cab. Nat.

Hist. -p. 55 (1851).
<5 Jassida, Sf9rl (part.), Hem. Afr. iv, p. 82 (1866).
V=^ubfam. Jassida, iStc% torn. cit. pp. 83 & 99 (1866).
^^^Jassidfe, Fieb. Verh. zool.-hot. Ges. Wien, xvi, p. 500 (1806) ;
Osborn S,- Ball, Iowa Ac. Sci. iv, p. 172 (1897).
o Jassides, Szffnr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1879, p. 47.
0 Jassoidea, Van Diizee, Trans. Am. Ent. 6'oc. xix, p. 296 (1892).

The always more or less closely spiuulose condition o£ the
posterior tibiae is a character alone sufficient to distinguish the
members of this very large and, as regards most tropical regions,
little known family. Those of the Palsearctic and Nearctic Eeo-ions
are now fairly well kuown. The Jassidse of Central America will
receive adequate treatuient in the pages of the ' Biologia Centrali-
Americana.' As regards South America, the Ethiopian and
Australasian Eegions,_and the islands of the Malay Archipelago, our
knowledge as regards this family is still small and fragmentary.
An attempt is here made to describe the genera and species found
in British India. Atkinson writing in 1886, remarked that " the
number of Jassidae alone awaiting examination should add several
hundred species to our Indian fauna •*' ; and this forecast was not
an exaggerated one.

My work with the Indian Jassidae is naturally that of the pioneer.
I recognize the difficulties and dangers in such an enumeration.
Many genera and species are so widely distributed, that some
synonymy will probably be discovered by Jassid specialists who
have worked at other faunas, while a still greater difficulty exists
in the recognition of sexual dimorphism. I have worked at the
large material which has passed through my hands without the aid
of iield-notes or the observations of economic entomologists, and
therefore cannot expect to have avoided mistakes where the sexes
are so diverse as we know them to be, in some instances, in our
own fauna. The adjustment of such differences must be left to
the observations of the able economic entomologists now holding
appointments in British India.

Great difference of opinion still exists as to the subfamilies in
which many genera should be placed. I have followed in the main
the excellent work of Mr. Van Duzee in the classification of the
Jassidae, adding in some instances the different taxonomieal views
of other workers. This, however, is a very healthy sign, and the
study is frequently more advanced by tlie different propositions in
classification, when they are proposed on special reasons, than is
the case when a canon is claimed for an individual arrangement,
as has been done for the Capsidaj with disastrous results in
retarding a knowledge of that family.

158

St/iiojJsis of Subfamilies.

. Veins at base of tegmina distinctly visible,
on coriura more or less branched and
connected by transverse veins ; ocelli
rarely absent.

a. Posterior tibiae four-cornered, armed with

numerous spines, the outer edge usually
more or less expanded and foliaceous ;
ocelli of variable position, but in all the
genera at present known from British \/
India, placed on disk of vertex ^ Ledrince.

b. Posterior tibiae more or less cylindrical

and slender, and densely spinulose.
a. Ocelli on the face, below the anterior

margin of the head ^ BytTioscopince.

h. Ocelli placed on disk of vertex.

a. Pace large, prominent, strongly con-
vex, cheeks long and narrow,
anterior edge of the head obtuse

or rounded ^ Tettifjoniellincp.

h' . Face flat, or slightly convex, more
or less impressed across the base,
beneath the prominent and
acute, or rounded and overhang-
ing anterior edge of the bead ;
cheeks at least moderately ex- .

panded ^Gyponime.

e. Ocelli placed superiorly close to the

anterior edge of the head o AcocepJialince.

d. Ocelli on the anterior edge of the head

or wanting Jassincc.

. Veins at base of tegmina indistinct, not
forked on coi'ium ; transverse veins absent
till before tip, from which spring terminal q
veins ; ocelli rarely distinct Typhlocyhince.

^^ Subfam. I. LEDRIN^.

^ O Lediina, Stdl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1870, p. 731.
y 0> Scarida, Fieb. Rev. May. Zool. (3) iii, p. 386 (1875).
/ <=> Ledridfe, Van JJuzee, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 296 (1892).
/<5 Stenocotinae, Kirk. Rep. Exp. Stat. Haiv. Plant. Assoc, pt. ix,
^ p. 368 (1906).

Head broad, moderately foliaceous ; face concave or somewhat
convex, horizontal or strongly reclined, lateral margins towards
middle or a little before middle distinctly or profoundly sinuate,
not or only slightly dilated ; vertex narrow, depressed or

TITURIA.

159

moderately convex ; clypeus or apex of face narrowly produced ;
antennae long, inserted beneath the anterior margin of the head,
remote from eyes ; ocelli of variable position.

I agree with Kirkaldy in considering this subfamily as defined
by Stil " heterogeneous," buit I cannot follow him in the attempt
to make a new subfamily '^Stenocotinse" simply on the position of
the ocelli, StSl having already given the charaf'ter " ocelU of
vai'iable position.''

O Si/nojisis of Genera.

A. Scutellum plain, not elevated. _ ^y

a. Posterior tibise not foliaceously dilated. c3

a'. Lateral prouotal areas angularly dilated. Titurta, p. 159.
//. Lateral pronotal areas not dilated.
a^. Pronotum neither prominently sul-
cate nor ridged.
«', Vertex of head more or less flat,
not prominently deflected on each
side, narrowed and more or less ^

angidate anteriorly cPetalocephala,

P. Vertex of head prominently de- [p. 102.

fleeted on each side.
a^. Vertex of head about as long as /

breadth between eyes Y CConfucius, p. 178.

bK Vertex of head much longer /

than breadth between eyes . . .Ledropsis, p. 180.
Ir. Pronotum either strongly sulcate or
ridged.
a^. Pronotum centrally longitudinally

sulcate Vr^EzRANA, p. 177.

P. Pronotumcentrallystrongly ridgedicCHATURA, p. 176.

b. Posterior tibite foliaceously dilated v^Ledra, p. 171.

B. Scutellum laminately elevated v/?Eleazara, p. 182.

^■' Genus TITURIA.

^Tituria, Stal, Ofo. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1865, p. 158; id. Hem. Afr.i\
p. 102 (1866) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 96 (1885).

Ty^o; T. planata, Fabr.

Distribution. Ethiopian, Oriental and Eastern Palsearctic
Eegions,

Body large, oblong ; head foliaceous, clypeate, triangular, apex
rounded, produced forward and a little downward, vertex flat ;
face beneath the eyes suddenly narrowed, thence more gradually
narrowed, margins slightly amplified ; eyes small ; ocelli placed
behind the middle of the vertex, nearer to each other than to
eyes ; pronotum and vertex in the same plane, somewhat sloping
anteriorly ; pronotum sexangular, the lateral areas angularly
produced, anterior margin straight, posterior margin moderately
sinuate ; scutellum triangular ; tegmina coriaceous, densely punc-
tate, reaching apex of abdomen ; clavus medially very broad,

160 JASSIDX

irregularly reticulate towards the apex; legs somewhat short,
anterior coxoe free, posterior tibiae remotely dentate above.

Amyot & Serville (Hem. p. 577 (1843)), give as a representative
of their genus Epiclines thePLednt planata, Eabr. As, however,
Stal pointed out, the character they gave for that genus, " Pro-
thorax incline j^resque verticalement," shows that '■'Epidines=the
American genus oP/'ommts, Spin., and that^)7«??rtto, Fabr. cannot be
included therein. Epiclines is included by Berg in his subfamily
Gyponina (Hem. Argent, p. 257 (1879)), a course followed by
Fowler.

/ a. Head ahout half as long as space betiveen eyes.

^ 2S57. Tituria planata, Fabr. (]Membracis) Ent. Syst. iv, p. 11 (1794);

. z(Z.^'^(Ledra) Syst. Rhynq. p. 25 (1803); Amy. 8f Serv.

V"^ (Epiclines) Hem. p. 578' (1843) ; 5fan(Petalocephala), Ofv.

Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1862, p. 501 ; id. v(Tituria) Hejn. Fabr. ii,

, p. 59 (1869) ; Atkins, (part.) /. A. S. B. liv, p. 96 (1885).

/^ Petalocepbala expausa, Stdl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1805, p. 158.*

Virescent, ocbraceous in faded specimens ; lateral margins of
head and pronotum (narrowly) and basal angles to scutellum
testaceous ; eyes black, ocelli red; head beneath, sternum and legs
virescent ; coxae and abdomen beneath brownish-ochraceous ;
tegmina with the costal margin narrowly sanguineous ; vertex of
head thickly punctate, centrally longitudinally carinate, anteriorly

\^^f

"^ Fig. im.— Tituria planata.

subangulate ; pronotum finely rugulose and punctate, the lateral
areas broadly angularly produced, the angles posteriorly a little
margined with black ; tegmina thickly punctate, more coarsely so
on clavus, much less thickly on apical costal area ; tarsi
infuscated.

Length excl. tegm. c? & $ 15 to 18; exp. pronot. angl. 9 to 10 ;
exp. tegm. '6l to 34 millim.

Javan spec
synonym of^T. planata, but in error.

* Atkinson (suiyra) included the Javan species Epiclines hebes. Walk, as a

TITTJRIA.

161

X

Hah. Calcutta {Ind. Mus.). Euntong, Darjiling ; lalaijuri,
Utakamand {Brit. 3Ius.). Teuasserim (Brit. Mts.).— Cambodia
(3Iouhot).

2358. Tituria acutangulata, ,sp. n.

Body and legs ochraceous (probably green in fresh specimens) ;
lateral margins of vertex of head testaceous ; posterior margins of
pronotal angles broadly dark castaneous, the extreme edge black ;
tegmiua virescent, costal, apical, and interior claval margins
ochraceous, posterior claval margin of a purplish tint, a small
black discal spot near middle ; wings subhyaline, the venation

eBT'^

of

Fig. 107.— Tituria cwutangulata, 5

more or less ochraceous ; head and pronotum somewhat thickly
finely punctate; vertex about half as long as space between
eyes, anteriorly obtusely augulate ; pronotum with the lateral
angles strongly acute, angularly produced, their apices a little
recurved ; tegmina thickly coarsely punctate.

Length excl. tegm, d&$ 11 to 18 ; exp. tegm. 20 to 36 ; exp.
pronot. angl. 8 to 13 millim.

Hah. " N. India" {Brit. Mus.). Nilgiri Hills {Hampson).-~3vi\d^
{Horsjield, Brit. Mus.).

2359. Tituria assamensis, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs virescent,
lateral margins of head and pronotum narrowly purplish-red ;
tegmina virescent, the claval area pale purplish ; scutellum dark
virescent at base, the apex purplish-rad ; head in length a little
more than half the breadth between eyes, obliquely rounded in
front, thickly finely punctate, not centrally carinate ; pronotum
finely thickly punctate, finely obscurely transversely striate, the
lateral areas broadly angularly, but only moderately, produced ;
clavus very thickly and coarsely punctate, remainder of tegmina,

162 JASSIB^.

excluding apical area, thickly punctate, inner margin of tegmina
beyond clavus castaneous.

Length incl. tegm. 11 ; exp. pronot. angl. 5^ millim.

Hab. Assam ; Dibrughur {Brit. Mus.).

A small species to be recognized by the only moderately
dilated lateral pronotal areas and by the colour of the claval
area to the tegmina.

b. Head about as long as space hetween eyes.

y' 2360. Tituria cuneata, sp. n.

$ . Virescent ; vertex with the basal half of central carination
and the eyes black ; lateral margins
of pronotum narrowly black ; face
centrally pale sanguineous ; vertex
about as long as pronotum, very
thickly and finely punctate, strongly
centrally longitudinally carinate,
lateral margins gradually narrowed
from eyes to apex ; pronotum more
coarsely punctate than vertex, the
lateral margins broadly angularly
produced on each side ; scutellum
transversely striate ; tegmina thickly
-Tituria cuneata. punctate, much less so on apical

area.
Length incl. tegm. 15 ; exp. pronot. angl. 6 millim.
Hah. Burma ; Euby Mines {Doherty).

By the long and narrow vertex and pronotum this species is mosc
nearly allied to the Borneali^T. ohliqua, Walk. ; it is by the some-
what intermediate character of this Bornean species that I have
refrained from proposing a new genus io^T. cuneata.

^ " Genus PETALOCEPHALA.

Petalocephala, StSl, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1853, p. 266 ; id. torn. cit.
1854, p. 251 ; id. Hem. Afr. iv, p. 103 (1866) ; Atkiiis. J. A. S. B.
J liv, p. 106 (1885).
"^ Ledropsis, Melich. {nee White) Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 141 (1903).

^^ Type, P. boJmnani, Stal, from Java.

Distribution. Ethiopian, Oriental, Malayan and Australasian
Eegions.

" Body very oblong or a little elongate, depressed ; head
clypeated, foliaceously produced anteriorly ; vertex somewhat
flattened ; face beneath eyes strongly and abruptly, thence gra-
dually, narrowed, margins very slightly defined ; front small,
narrow, flattish ; eyes small ; ocelli situate towards base of vertex,
farther removed from the eyes than from each other ; pronotum
transversely sexaugular, not or only slightly anteriorly narrowed,

^

PETALOOEPHALA. 163

the lateral margins acute, anterior lateral much longer than
posterior lateral, anterior margin slightly rounded ; scutellum tri-
angular, subequilateral ; tegmina subcorlaceous, pellucid, densely
punctate, tectiform, anteriorly conjointly convex, clavus very broad
before the middle, corium obliquely rounded at apex, veins some-
what irregularly anastomosed towards apex ; legs somewhat short,
anterior coxas free, posterior tibia) remotely dentate." {Stdl.)

a. Vertex of head longer than breadth between eyes.

'^ 2361. Petalocephala subaquila, sp. u.

$ . Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs ochra-
ceous, tegmina umber-brown; vertex of head about as long
as pronotum and scutellum united, much longer than breadth
between eyes, moderately deflexed on each side, the apex sub-
angulate and a little upturned, obscurely centrally longitudinally
carinate, the surface obscurely punctate and sparingly finely granu-
lose ; pronotum punctate, a little transversely wi'inkled, centrally
longitudinally impressed, lateral margins almost obliquely straight;
scutellum transversely wrinkled ; tegmina densely and rather
coarsely punctate; posterior tibia? remotely but rather strongly
finely spinose.

Length inch tegm. 5 14 millim.

Bab. Burma ; Euby Mines {Doherty),

b. Vertex of head about as long as breadth betiveen eyes.
V ^ 2362. Petalocephala hearsay!, sp. n.

5 , Virescent ; vertex as long as breadth between eyes, finely
punctate, gradually narrowed to apex, which is rounded, strongly
centrally longitudinally ridged ; pronotum with the disk sparingly
punctate, anteriorly and posteriorly coarsely and thickly punctate,
the disk slightly centrally longitudinally furrowed; scutellum
obscurely irregularly striate ; tegmina thickly punctate, the claval
area more coarsely punctate, apical margin almost obliquely
truncate.

Length inch tegra, 15-^ millim.

Hab. Sikhim {Coll. Dist.) ; Barrackpore {Sir J no. Hearsay,
Brit. Mus.). /,.

This species is allied to :P. bohemani, Stal, of which the British
Museum apparently possesses an example collected by Dr. Hors-
field in Java. Prom this it differs by the much less sinuate
posterior margin of the pronotum and the less centrally furrowed
disk of same, the much more strongly centrally ridged vertex, and
the more obliquely truncated apices of the tegmina. The speci-
men from Barrackpore in the British Museum I have fixed as
type.

m2

1«4 JASSFD^.

/a 2363. Petalocephala cultellifera, JfaZA;. (Ledra) J.Linn. Soc, Zool.

/'oLediS punSa, Walk. List Horn. Supply. 249 (1858) ; Atkins.
^ J. A. S. B. liv, p. 95 (1885).

Virescent or ochraceous ; vertex about as long as breadtli between
eyes, conically produced towards apex, thickly finely punctate,

\/ ^ Fig. 109. — Petalocephala cultellifera.

centrally longitudinally carinate ; pronotum finely punctate, poste-
riorly finely rugulose, centrally longitudinally linearly impressed ;
tegmina thickly punctate; posterior tibiae inwardly strongly

Length excl. tegm. 15 to 17 ; exp. tegm. 28 to 32 millim.
Hah. Sikhim; Mungphu {AtUnson Coll.) -, Darjiling (Brit.
Mus.).—M-a\a.j Peninsula ; Perak {Doherty) ; Singapore ( Wallace,
Brit. Mus.).

v; _^
V "^^ 2364 Petalocephala conica, Walk. (Ledra) List Horn, iii, p. 823
(1851U StM (Petalocephala), Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1862, p. 494 ;
ilfeZ«clf\Ledropsis) Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 145 (1903).
/ c>Ledropsis stSli, Melich. Horn. Fau7i. Ceylon, p. 143, t. iv, f. 16

(1903). ^^

This species is closely allied to the preceding, P. cultellifera,
and can only be separated from it by the more conical and apically
more broadened vertex of h^ad. It appears to be confined to
Ceylon and from Melichar's description I cannot separate the
species he describes as^edrojjsis stdh.
Length $ 15 to 17 millim.

Hab. Ceylon ; Kelani Valley (Green) ; Digitalawa (C. H. Bing-
ham, Coll. Dist.) ; Gamaduwa, Mirigama, Uwa, Weligaraa, Patti-
pola', Puttalam (fide Melicliar').

Capt. C. H. Bingham caught this species with the Hymenopteron
Gorytes greeni, Bingh., which was carrying it.

y ^ 2365. Petalocephala confasa, sp. n.

2 . Virescent or pale ochraceous ; vertex of head as long as
space between eyes, thickly finely punctate, with a fine central

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PETALOOBPHALA. 165

longitudinal carinatiou, lateral margins convexly narrowed to apex
which IS subangulate ; pronotum a little more coarsely punctate
than vertex and with a fine central longitudinal compressed line,
the lateral marguis nearly straight; scutelliim finely punctate,
with an angulated transverse line before apex, beyond this line
the apical area is a little transversely wrinkled; face narrow,
gradually^bi-oadening posteriorly from area of antenna where it is
centrally sulcate ; tegmina thicklv and coarsely punctate.

Length incl. tegm. $ 13 millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Kaudy (Green).

This species is allied ^P. conica. Walk., from which it differs
in Its much smaller size. I have seen four female specimens.

2366. Petalocephala glauca, Melich:{l.^d.vo^,h) Horn. Faun. Ceyhn,
p. 143, t. IV, f. 13 (1903).

" ^/ee"' Ljpper surface thickly punctate ; bead distinctly longer
than broad, keeled in middle, and like pronotum thicklv punctate •
scutellum with a fine angulated transverse line ; tegmina punc-
tate, green ; tips of the spines to posterior tibi« brown."

"$. Last ventral segment as long as the one preceding it;

t5cheidenpolster ' long, arched, very broad when examined from

side, compressed on dorsal side ; ovipositor not visible." (Melichar )

" Length $ 11 milhm." "^

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Puttalam {fide Melichar).

I do not know this species ; by the figure given it should be
Identified by the long and apically broadly or transversely rounded

\/ <? 2367. Petalocephala uniformis, sp. n.

Uniformly pale ochraceous or virescent ; vertex of head about
as long as breadth between eyes, very thickly punctate, strongly
centrally longitudinally carinate, lateral margins convexly narrowed
to apex which is subangulate ; pronotum punctate and transversely
wrinkled, with a central longitudinal incision not reaching posterior
margin, a foveate impression on each side of anterior disk ; scu-
tellum punctate ; tegmina thickly punctate, less so on posterior
costal area, claval area verv coarsely and thickly punctate

Length $ 12i to 13 millim.

Hab. Bombay. Utakamand {Brit. Mus.).

y O 2368. Petalocephala umbrosa, sp. n.

A^ery pale umber-brown, body beneath paler and more ochra-
ceous ; vertex of head as long as breadth between eyes, the lateral
margins narrowly carmine-red, obliquely sloping downward on
each side, finely punctate, centrally longitudinally carinate the
apex subangulate ; pronotum about as long as vertex, somewhat
coarsely punctate, foveately impressed on each side before middle
obscurely centrally longitudinally carinate posteriorly and im-

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pressed anteriorly ; tegmina thickly punctate, more coarsely so on
claval ai'ea ; posterior tibiae remotely but coarsely dentate.

Length inch tegm. 5 13 millim,

Hab. Nilgiri Hills (i/f<mj^so>i); Utakamaud(i?/vV. J/hs.); Bombay:
Igatpuri {Lefroy) ; Assam ; Margherita {Dolierty).

2369. Petalocephala cMorocepliala, pr«//c/(Ledra) List Horn, iii,

p. 825 (1851) ; Stal fPetalocepbala), Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1862,
p. 494 ; Atkins. J. A. 8. B. liv, p. 107 (1885).
V 0 Ledropsis fuscipennis, Melich. Sam. Faun. Ceylon, p. 144, t. iv,
f. 15 (1903).

Head, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous or virescent ; teg-
mina ochraceous, the claval area sometimes more or less purplish,
a small dark spot on disk which in some specimens is obsolete ;
A^ertex about as long as breadth bet\\een eyes, angularly rounded in
front, the apical lateral margins a little reflexed, finely punctate,
distinctly centrally longitudinally carinate ; pronotum more coarsely
punctate, obscurely centrally linearly furrowed, with two distinct
foveations on anterior area ; scutellum punctate, apically obscurely
transversely striate; face very strongly centrally longitudinally
furrowed.

Length inch tegm. 11 to 12 millim.

Hah. " North India " (Brit. Mus.). Ceylon ; Pundaluoya
(Green, Brit. Mus.).

2370. Petalocepliala latifrons, Walk. (Ledia) List Horn, iii, p. 824

(1851) ; Stdl (Petalocephala), O^y. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1^2, p. 494.

Closely allied to P. chloro-
cephala. Walk., from which,
however, it may be easily
separated by the following
characters : — the lateral mar-
gins of the vertex arenotevenly
continued to apex, but are
almost straight for a short
distance before the eyes and
then somewhat obliquely con-
tinued to apex ; lateral mar-
gins of the pronotum black ;
longitudinally sulcate ; tegmina
usually shining rusty-brown, sometimes dull ochraceous, \\ith the
clavus more or less purplish-brown.
Length inch tegm. 13 millim.

Hah. Sikhim; lsi\rag])h\\ (Atkinson). Bombay: Igatpuri (L^/roy).
Assam (Badyley, Brit. Mus.). Sylhet (Brit. Mus.).

2371. Petalocephala hornei, sp. a.

Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs ochraceous
lateral margins of vertex and central carination to same narrow,

Fig. 110.

^1
-Petalocephala latifrons.

face obscurely, not prominently

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PETALOCBPHALA. 167

anterior and broader posterior suffusions to pronotum, an elongate
spot near each basal angle of scutellum and apical area to same,
anterior area of head beneath extending as far as eyes and the
tibiae and tarsi, more or less pale castaneous-brown ; tegmina dark
castaneous-brown, a little paler at basal costal area ; vertex of
head about as long as breadth between eyes, finely and obscurely
punctate, the lateral margins reflexed and strongly centrally longi-
tudinally carinate ; pronotum more coarsely punctate, especially so
on anterior and postei'ior areas, two prominent foveations on
anterior disk ; scutellum finely granulose at base, transversely
striate on apical area ; tegmina thickly punctate, vei-y coarsely so
on claval area ; posterior tibiae with six short spines.

Length iucl. tegm. 5 13 millim.

Hah. "North- West India" (C. Home, Brit. Mus.).

Allied i^P. latifrons, Walk., but differs in the more conically
rounded vertex, lateral margins of the pronotum concolorous, not
black, the spotted scutellum, &c.

2372. Petalocephala bicolor, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs ochraceous ;
broad lateral margins to vertex of head and pronotum and the
whole of the tegmina umber-brown or very pale castaneous ; apical
margins of tegmina narrowly piceous ; vertex about as long as space
between eyes, narrowed to apex which is obtusely angulate, no
perceptible central carination, very obsoletely punctate, the margins
wrinkled, lateral areas deflexed, apex slightly upturned ; pronotum
obsoletely punctate, with an obscure central line on disk ; scutellum
obsoletely punctate ; tegmina thickly finely punctate, inner margin
of clavus a little darker ; head beneath very prominently foveate
on each side at inner margins of eyes.

Length inch tegm. 12 millim.

Hab. Ceylon ; Kandy (Green).

Mr. Green sent me a single specimen of this species, which in
addition to its peculiar markings, may be recognized by the obso-
lete puncturation to the vertex and pronotum.

2373. Petalocephala insignis, sp. u.

5 . Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs ochra-
ceous ; vertex with the sublateral margins for about half their
length from eyes, and the apical area of the central carination,
black ; sublateral margins to the pronotum black ; anterior pro-
longation of face and basal sublateral margins in front of eyes
black ; abdomen above testaceous ; tegmina greyish-ochraceous,
costal area for half its length stramineous, beneath which the
tegmen is broadly suffused with piceous from base and apically
transversely deflexed to disk ; tegmina hyaline with the veins
brownish ; vertex about as long as breadth between eyes ; the
lateral margins ridged, centrally strongly longitudinally carinate,

168 JASSID^.

subrugulose ; pronotum punctate, finely transversely wrinkled,
with a rather faint centi'al longitudinal carinatiou ; scutellum
with the disk punctate, the apical area transversely striate, the

Fig. \\.l,—Pctaloce2:)hala insignis.

basal angular area impuuctate ; tegmina punctate, more coarsely
so on the claval and costal areas.

Length excl. tegm. $ 11 millim, ; exp. tegm. 20 millim.

Hah. Sikhim (Atkinson Coll., Brit. Mus.).

A,

2374. Petalocephala perductalis, Kirbii (pipvia), J. Linn. Soc, Zool.
xxiv, p. 161, t. v, f. 2 (1891) ; Melic£ (Ledvoj^sis) Horn. Fawi.
Ceylon, p. 145 (1903).

Head, pronotuin, scutellum and tegmina pale chocolate-brown;
a central broad longitudinal fascia traverses the vertex, pronotum
and scutellum, narrowing on vertex, ochraceous ; body beneath
and legs dull ochraceous ; vertex of head about as long as space
between eyes, finely punctate, narrowing to apex which is obtusely
angulate ; pronotum finely transversely wrinkled, the lateral
margins obliquely straiglit ; scutellum finely transversely wrinkled ;
face with a foveate impression on each side in a line with the
antennae ; tegmina thickly, somewhat coarsely punctate.

Length incl. tegm, $ 12 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Pundaluoya, Kandy, Maskeliya (6r/'<?en) ; Badda-
Eliya, Ambepusse {fide Melichar).

The brilliant and unique coloration of this species renders its
recognition a matter of no difficulty.

c. Vertex of head considerahly shorter, than hreadth betiveen eyes.

J Q 2375. Petalocephala nigrilinea, Walk. (Ledra) J. Linn. Soc, Zool.
i, p. 98 (1856).
\/0 Ledropsis duuidiata, 8tal, Ofo. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1858, p. 452.

PETALOCEPHALA.

169

i/' ^ Ledropsis Idrbyi, Melieh. Horn. Faun. Ceidon, p. 143, t. iv, f. 14

(1903).
K '^ Eogypona kirbji, Kirk, in litt.

Virescent or ochraceous ; anterior margin of vertex narrowly
testaceous ; lateral margins of pronotum very narrowly and finely
or more broadly black ; in some specimens the clavus, excluding
its inner margin, is more or less fuscous-brown ; vertex of bead
considerably shorter than width between eyes, almost obliquely
straight for a short distance in front of eyes" and thence couvexly
narrowed to_ apex, which is subangulate, centrally finely longi-
tudinally carinate ; pronotum obscurely transversely rugulose, its
lateral margins straight ; tegraina thickly punctate, more coarsely
so on claval area.

Length incl. tegm. 10 to 12 millim.

Hah. Nilgiri Hills (Rampson). Ceylon; Kandy (Green), Pun-
duluoya, Patipolla, Neeldandahecna, Weligama (Jide Melichar).—
Singapore {Wallace, Brit. Mus.).

Althougb jMelichar does not mention the narrow dark margins
to the vertex and pronotum he figures the vertex of his species,
the peculiar striicture of which leaves little doubt as to its identity
with Walker's P. mfjrilinea. From Stal's description h\/dimidiata
also appears to be a synonym.

l/ 0 2376. Petalocephala tabulata, sp. n.

$ . Vertex greyish, minutely spotted with sanguineous, the
basal margin and sometimes a central line also of that colour;
ocelh piceous; pronotum olivaceous-
brown, the anterior and lateral areas
greyish, minutely spotted with san-
guineous, a transverse series of
small grey spots at basal margin ;
scutelluin pale castaneous ; body
beneath ochraceous, the head, lateral
margin of prosternum and lateral
margins of abdomen sanguineous ;
tegmina piceous-brown, the posterior
costal area greyish, a few small
greyish spots on margins of claval
area ; vertex broad, shorter than
space between eyes, sparingly punc-
tate, lateral margins slightly angu-
lated in front of eyes ; prouotum
with the discal area finely wrinkled, the anterior and lateral
areas punctate ; scutellum punctate, the apex Itevigate ; tegmina
punctate, the claval area very coarsely punctate.
Length incl. tegm. $ 7| millim.
Hah. Ceylon; Pundaluoya {Green, Brit. Mus.).
A small and very distinctly marked species.

^^ Fig. 112.
Petalocephala tabiilata.

\^

170 JASSID^.

2377. Petalocephala brachycephala, sp. u.

Virescent or greeuish-ochraceous ; ocelli red ; eyes black ; vertex
of head little more than half as loug as breadth between eyes,
flattened in each lateral area, finely punctate, centrally longitu-
dinally ridged, lateral margins con^ exly narrowed to apex, which is
subangulate ; pronotum with a distinct central longitudinal in-
cision, punctate and obscui'ely transversely wrinkled ; scutellum
somewhat coarsely punctate; tegmina thickly punctate, except
on posterior costal area, claval ai-ea very thickly and coarsely
punctate.

Length $ 15 millim.

Hob. Trivandrum {(Joll. Dist.). Ceylon {Green, Brit. Mus.) ;
Kandy (CoZZ. Z>^■s^.).

2378. Petalocephala remota, Melich. (Ledropsis) Horn. Faun. Ceylon

p. 144, t. iv, f. 17 (1903).

" Gi-eenish-yellow ; head as long as broad * and as loug as
pronotum, in front ' parabolisch ' rounded, centrally extremely
finely keeled, on whole surface wrinkled and punctate ; ocelli very
small, difficult to perceive, placed before middle and near each
other, whereby the species differs from all the other allied ones in
which the ocelli are generally very large and distinct and situate
in the middle or nearer the posterior mairgin ; face pale greenish-
yellow, the narrow front in middle distinctly furrowed ; pronotum
smooth, wrinkled and punctate, with two shallow impressions in
front ; scutellum with a fine angulate transverse line before apex ;
tegmina thickly and regularly punctate, hyaline, extending to the
apex of abdomen, with delicate indistinct veins ; legs as in the other
species." (AlelicTiar.)

"Length $ 10 millim."

Hab. Ceylon ; Heneratgoda {fidejdelichar).

2379. Petalocephala walkeri, Melich. (Ledropsis) Horn. Fmm. Ceylon,

p. 144, t.ivjf. 10 rt, 6(1903).
\/ „■' Eogypona walkeri, Kirk. MS.

*' Green or yellowish-green, sometimes pale brownish-yellow;
vertex broader than loug, flattened, in middle distinctly keeled,
auterior border angulated, sides convex, forming no angle before
the eyes, the upper surface thickly punctured ; pronotum on the
whole surface moderately thickly punctate, not wrinkled, with a
few shallow impressions ; scutellum with an angulated transverse
line; tegmina on whole surface regularly punctate ; wings hyaline;
underside and legs greenish-yellow ; tips of spines to posterior
tibiae brown." {Melicliar.)

Length § 14 to 15 millim.

Bah. Ceylon ; Pattipola {fide MelicJiar).

I have not seen this species.

* This appears to be an eri'or, for in Melichar's figbre the vertex is onlj
about half as long as the breadth between ejes.

LEDBA.. 171

•^ Genus LEDRA.

Ledra, Fabr. St/st. Rhxjncj. p. 21 (1803) ; Fieh. Rev. Maq. Zool. (3),
y xxvi, p. 88G'(1875) ; Melich. Cic. Milt. Europ. p. 126 '(1896).
^C- Ledromorpha, Melich. (part.) nee Stal, Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 1 40 (1 903).

yO Type, L. aurita, Lian., a Palsearctic species.

Distribution. Palsearctic, Oriental and Malayan Eegions.

Head with the vertex laminate, transverse, obtusely angulate
anterioi'ly and obliquely angulate in front of eyes ; pronotum
hexagonal, more or less longitudinally ridged, sometimes with
laminate processes, anterior margin nearly straight, wider
than the posterior margin which is deeply sinuate ; scutellum
somewhat small ; tegmina coriaceous or semicoriaceous, the veins
prominent ; head beneath foliaceous before the face ; posterior
tibiae laminately widened, outwardly remotely dentate and ciliate.

The foliaceously or laminately widened posterior tibiae and the
laterally angulated vertex in front of eyes are distinctive characters
of this genus.

A. Pronotum longitudinally ridged, or carinate ivith elevated
laminate jprocesses.

s/ G 2380. Ledra serruiata, Fahr. Syst Rhyny. p. 21 (1803) ; Stdl, Hem.
Fabr. ii, p. 58 (1869) ; Atkins. J. A. IS. B. liv, p. 92 (1885).

" Greyish or flavescent-greyish ; body beneath and legs pale
testaceously-flavescent or testaceously white ; tegmina greyish, pel-
lucid behind middle, a broad pallescent, obsolete fascia near base ;
wings sordidly hyaline ; abdomen above flavescent sanguineous ;
pronotum elevated posterioi'ly, furnished on each side with
an erect process produced forward and posteriorly marginally
creuulate ; sometimes with two interrupted fasciae on the head
beneath pud some median markings on the pronotum, black.
Structure of L. aurita, Linn, but head more roundly produced,
pronotal processes longer; head somewhat shorter than pronotum,
gradually distinctly amplitied for a short distance before the eyes,
thence abruptly angulated and anteriorly much rounded, the area
of the ocelli impressed, the impressed portion forwardly amplified
and gradually merged in the anterior disk, anteocular area
remotely sprinkled with distinct granules ; lateral margins of
pronotum parallel at apex, thence somewhat backwardly divergent,
two parallel ridges behind the middle which are anteriorly slightly
divergent, obtuse, minutely tuberculate and towards the sides a
lobiform crest, very high, slightly bending forward, remotely
granulate, posteriorly crenulate ; scutellum gradually transversely
depressed towards the middle, before middle laterally sprinkled
with granules, posteriorly much elevated, the elevated area
posteriorly black and granulate ; tegmina gradually slightly ampli-
fied beyond the middle, thence outwardly rounded, nearly the
whole of clavus and corium towards base punctured and sprinkled
with granules at intervals, veins here and there infuscate ; tibiae
above sparingly granulate." (Stdl.)

172

y

" Length $ 18, breadth 5 millim."
Hah. " Tranquebar." — Malacca.

I have been unable to identify with certainty this species with
any of the specimens that have passed through my hands.

2381. Ledra intermedia, sp. n.

5 . Somewhat pale ferruginous-brown ; vertex considerably
shorter than breadth between eyes, the anterior area of vertex
strongly granulate, lateral margins in front of eyes for a short
distance obliquely straight and then narrowed to apex which is
subconically rounded ; pronotum with two central discal longi-
tudinal carinations, on each side of which is a strongly raised
laminate process ; scutellum chocolate-brown, with two short
prominent longitudinal ridges at apex ; tegmina with the venation
more or less reddish, with a few very small granules on basal half
and with scattered black speckles on posterior half ; head beneath
with a central fascia in front of eyes, a large spot between face
and eyes and the clypeus carmine-red, on the anterior fascia are
four large black spots, two on each side of face ; anterior and
intermediate femora broad and foveate.

Length ? 21 millim. /

Hah. Southern India ; Travancore {Bnt. Miis.). vC,
This species iajjitermediate between the Malayan L. tuherculi-
frons, Walk., and L. mutica, Fabr. It is allied to the first by the
granulate anterior area of the vertex and resembles both in its
elongate form, but differs by the prominently raised laminate
processes to the pronotum.

2382. Ledra dorsalis. Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 810 (1851) ; Stil, Ofv.

Fet.-Ak. Fork. 1862, p. 495 ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 94
(1885).
Head and pronotum ochraceous or greyish-ochraceous, posterior
area of pronotum, scutellum and tegmina darker in hue, an
oblique basal patch to tegmina
testaceous; body beneath and legs
ochraceous, head beneath on basal
half with a central and two oblique
black fasciae ; vertex of head about
half as long as breadth between
eyes, with a strong central and
two short oblique ridges, rugosely
granulate, lateral margins ob-
liquely straight for a short distance
in front of eyes and thence trans-
versely oblique to apex ; pronotum
with two central ridges, on each
side of which is an upwardly raised
laminate process, the whole surface, but par ticulary the raised disk,
coarsely granulate ; tegmina with scattered small tubercles.

Fig. 113. — Ledra dorsalis, 2-

LEDRA. ]73

Length incl. tegm. J 16, ? 21 millini.

Hah. Sikhim ; Mungphu {Atkinson Coll.). Assam {Badgley,
Brit. Mils.) ; Sylhet {Brit. Mus.).

V O 2383. Ledra sublata, sp. n.

Greyish with a virescent tint, more or less suffused with
piceous ; vertex of head distinctly shorter than breadth between
eyes, coarsely granulate, very finely centrally longitudinally
carinate, lateral margins angulate in front of eyes and then some-
what transversely rounded to apex which is subangulate ; pro-
notum coarsely granulate, more particularly so on anterior margin
and posterior disk, the latter elevated with three longitudinal
granulate ridges, the central ridge shortest, on each side of these
a raised laminate process, the margins of which are rounded and
a little directed backward, the posterior angles somewhat sub-
acutely prominent ; scutellum piceous with the apex pale and
raised where there are two longitudinal ridges of black granules ;
tegmina greyish, the veins mostly brownish, the base aud a broad
ill-defined oblique fascia near middle piceous ; body beneath and legs
greyish with a virescent tint ; head beneath in front of eyes with
darker speckles, this space posteriorly bounded with a broken
black transverse narrow fascia, behind which the face is longi-
tudinally sulcate ; tibiie more or less spotted with piceous.

Length incl. tegm. c? 16 millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Eppawela {Green). y^

This species has a strong superficial resemblance to L. cinga-
lensis, Dist. (p. 175), but differs by the elevated pronotal
processes.

B. Pronotum lonrjitudivally ridged or carinate, ivithout elevated
laminate processes.

^ ^ 2384. Ledra mutica, Fahr. Syst. Rhyng. p. 25 (1803) ; Stil, Hem.
Fabr. ii, p. .59 (1869) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 92 (1885).
"^ G" Ledra fornicata, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 815 (1851).
»^ t^ Ledra carinata, Walk. torn. cit.

§ . Head, pronotum, scutellum, tegmina, body beneath and
legs ochraceous, above with darker spots and granules ; ab-
domen above testaceous; vertex of head as loug as space
between eyes, rather thickly granulate, with a very fine
central longitudinal carination, the lateral margins obliquely
angulate in front of eyes, thence narrowed to apex which is
subangulate ; pronotum granulate, transversely impressed on disk
behind anterior margin, moderately gibbous posteriorly where
there are fouriine discal longitudinal ridges, in front of the trans-
verse impression the granules are a little larger and more
prominent ; face widened at the area of the antennae, thence only
slightly narrowed posteriorly ; scutellum with a longitudinal series

174 JASSID^.

of about three granules at each basal area and a double longi-
tudinal series of granules on apical area ; tegmina with a
number of scattered granules on basal half, veins sometimes
testaceous.

Length excl. tegm. $ 16 ; exp. tegra. 30 millim.

Hob. Bombay {Dixon). Kangra Valley {Dudgeon). Mussoorie,
Pusa {Lefroy). ' Calcutta. Burma ; Pegu {Coll.^ Dist.).

To be sepai-ated from the following speciesV^. dilatata. Walk,
by the narrower and longer vertex of head. I have not seen a
male example.

2385^Ledra dilatata, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 811 (1851) ; Stdl, Ofv.
Vet -Ah. Fork. 18G2, p. 495 ; id. Hem. Fabr. ii, p. 59 (1869) ;
Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 93 (1885).
^ CLedra scutellata, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 812 (1851).
"Ledra plana, Walk. torn. cit.

Tawny-brown, \\\i\\ scattered darker granules ; body beneath
and legs much paler ; head beneath in front of eyes greyish-brown,
between eyes a piceous fascia much more distinct in $ than in
S ; vertex in both sexes as long as breadth between eyes, moder-
ately thickly granulate, the lateral margins obliquely straight for
a little in front of eyes and then convexly subangularly rounded
to apex, strongly centrally longitudinally ridged, with a more

114. — Ledra dilatata, c? & 5-

obscure short oblique ridge on each side ; pronotum granulate,
with five longitudinal ridges on posterior disk, the central ridge
very short ; scutellum with two apical black ridges ; abdomen
above testaceous-red, the anal segment ochraceous ; tegmina pale
brownish-ochraceous, the veins darker, a few small scattered
granules on basal half ; wings hyaline, the veins darker and
sanguineous at base.
y ^Var. Tegmina (excluding costal apical area) fuscous brown.

Length incl. tegm. d 16, $ 23 ; exp. tegm. $ 36 to 38 millim.

Hab. Nilgiri Hills (Hampson). Burma ; Euby Mines (Dohertij) ;
Thayetmyo ( Watson). Tenasserim (Brit. Mus.).

The smaller specimen figured is the d" type L. dilatata, "Walk.,
the larger figure is the ? type L. scutellata.^ Walk.

I/EBRA. 175

<^ 2386. Ledva cingalensis, sp. n.

Ledra dilatata, Melich. {nee Walk.) Horn. Faun. Ccxjlon, p. 139
(1903).

Allied to the preceding species, '7^. dilatata., Walk., but differs
in the shorter vertex which is distinctly shorter in length than the
breadth between the eyes ; in the c? the vertex is much more
transverse and less anteriorly angulate, in the $ the vertex is also
proportionally shorter and less narrowed anteriorly.

Length incl. tegm. S 15, 5 20 to 21 millim.

Hah. Ceylon {Green, Brit. Mus.).

2387^ Ledra rugosa, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 816 (1851) ; Melich.
v^ O(Ledromorplia) Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 140 (1903).

Dark ferruginous-brown, sparingly finely granulate ; head
beneath, sternum and legs brown-
ish-ochraceous, tibiae and tarsi
ferruginous ; head with the vertex
as long as breadth between the
outer margin of eyes, its lateral
margins a little paler, centrally
finely longitudinally carinate, the
\Ahole surface more or less granu-
late, laterally depressed on each
side ; pronotum finely granulate,
the posterior disk with four longi-
tudinal ridges ; scutellum with
two apical ridges ; tegmina with
Fig. \\b.— Ledra rugosa. scattered small granules, the apical

half between the veins paler in
hue ; wings subhyaline, the veins fuscous ; abdomen mutilated in
the unique typical specimen, which apparently belongs to the
female sex.

Length incl. tegm. 18 millim.
Hah. Ceylon {Brit. 31ns.).

I only know this species by the unique type in the British
Museum, which is here figured.

2388. Ledra? punctulata, Melich. (t,edromorpha) Hoin. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 141 (1903).

"A small, narrow, rather long species, of a dirty grey-greenish
colour, with black shining granules on the whole upper surface ;
vertex as long as pronotum, anteriorly leaf-like, sharpened,
rounded, in the middle keeled, the sides flattened off downward ;
face dirty green, front narrow, keel-like lengthened above ; eyes
black ; pronotum distinctly bulging, raised at hind margin, the
black granules forming tliere a more or less regular transverse
series; scutellum small, with two longitudinal furrows at base
which merge into a recumbent transverse furrow lying before the

176 JASSTD^.

tip, so that at the base three shghtly arched humps are formed ;
tegmina with a blactish -brown transverse fascia which is directed
from the middle of costal margin obliquely forward and runs
inward to tip of scutellum, numerous scattered black granules
which form a longitudinal series on costal margin and are
specially distinct in the paler apical part ; pectus, abdomen and
legs dirty green, the tibiae with rather large black spots at the
angles, on surface very finely punctate, tarsi dirty green."
(Melicliar.)

Length S 9 millim.

Hab. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Jide Melicliar).

I have not seen this species.

The two following species have been described by Walker in the
genus Ledra, but the unique types are both mutilated and their
generic position indeterminable.

Gen. ?-"'puilctata, Walk. (Ledra) List Horn, iii, p. 824 (1851) ; Atkins.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 94 (1885).
Hcd). Malabar {Brit. Mus.).

Qen. ? lineata. Walk. (Ledra) List Horn, iii, p. 830 (1851) ; Atkins.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 94 (1885).

Eah. " North India " {Brit. 3Ius.).

V

^Genus CHATURA, nov.

^Type, C. nigella, Dist.

Distribution. Ceylon.

Vertex about as long as breadth betAveen eyes and almost as
long as pronotum and scutellum united, not angulated in front
of eyes, the lateral margins continuous from eyes to apex ; face
broad between the eyes, angularly narroA^ed anteriorly ; pro-
notum short, considerably shorter than vertex, with four central
ridges, the lateral margins sinuate, anterior and posterior margins
nearly straight, the latter only slightly concavely sinuate ;
scutellum discally foveate ; legs moderately short, posterior tibiae
not foliaceously dilated, outwardly somewhat strongly spinose ;
tegmina short, more or less granulose, apices broadly rounded.

Differs ivoi'iPLedra by the non-dilated posterior tibiae, the non-
angulated vertex in front of eyes, the short pronotum, &c.

V

2389PCliatiira nigella, sp. n.

Head, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous ; head sparingly
testaceously granulate, A^dth a central longitudinal dark testaceous
fascia ; pronotum with the disk piceous ; abdomen above brownish-
testaceous ; head beneath anteriorly ochraceous, the face and
an anterior central fascia piceous ; steimum and legs ochraceous,
the former more or less suffused with piceous ; abdonien beneath

EZRANA. 177

greyish-brown ; tegmina ochraceoiis with scattered black granules
and two obscure oblique fuscous fascire, one near middle, the
other subapical ; wings very pale fuliginous, subhyaline ; vertex of
head about as long as breadth between eyes, lateral margins not

Fig. 116. — Ckaiura nigella.

angulated in front of eyes but gradually roundly narrowed to
apex, which is a little subangulate ; pronotum with four central
ridges, the outermost longest and much angulated, between them
a series of granules at anterior margin, lateral margins sinuate ;
scutellum discally f oveate with a central carination ; face very broad,
angulated anteriorly and posteriorly ; posterior tibis remotely
and rather longly spinous on inner margin.

Length excl. tegm. $ 11 ; exp. tegm. 16 millim.

Bab. Ceylon ; Maskeliya ( Green).

%

V a

Genus EZRANA,

^ype, E. injgmcea, Dist.

Distribution. British India.

(S . Head shorter than breadth between eyes ; ocelli very
prominent, placed on disk behind middle and slightly nearer to
each other than to eyes, lateral margins straight for a short
distance in front of eyes then narrowed to apex, which is obtusely
acute ; pronotum non-carinate, but centrally longitudinally sul-
cate, lateral margins a little concavely sinuate, posterior angles
subprorainent, posterior margin sinuate ; other characters generally
as m^edra:, legs imperfectly seen, owing to corrosion, in typical
specimen, but tlae posterior tibise not foliaceously dilated.

2390. Ezrana pygmaea, sp. n.

Body above pale ochraceous ; eyes piceous ; margins of ocelli,
a large irregular discal spot on each side of pronotum, a basal
marginal fascia to pronotum and two oblique spots to mesonotum,
castaneous ; body beneath a little paler ; head beneath pale
yellowisli-white, its anterior area pale virescent ; tegmina pale
greyish-ochraceous, basal half opaque, remaining area talc-like,

VOL. IV, K

178 JASSID^.

with the reticulate venation pale greyish-ochraceous ; vertex of
head minutely tuberculate on its anterior area; pronotum

\/)Fig.

Ezrana pygmcBa.

sparingly finely tuberculous, centrally sulcate, its anterior margin
with minute piceous spots.

Length 10^ miUim.

Hah. Bombay {Bni. Mm.).

V O

Genus CONFUCIUS.

Confticius, Bist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. li, p. 191 (1907).

Tvpe, C. granulatus, Dist., from China.

Distribution. Oriental and Eastern Palsearctic Eegions.

Vertex of head about as long as breadth between eyes, strongly
deflected on each side, the apex subangulate ; head beneath
foliaceous, the face long, strongly narrowed anteriorly, less so
posteriorly, finely centrally furrowed from the region of the
antennae to clypeus ; pronotum about as long as broad, non-
carinate, the lateral margins concavely sinuate, the posterior
angles a little prominent, strongly foveate on each side behind
anterior margin, thence somewhat convexly ascendant to posterior
margin, which is concavely sinuate ; legs moderate, all the tibiae
strongly sulcate, posterior tibiae not foliaceously dilated ; tegmina
subcoriaceous, thickly punctate.

Allied io^edropsis, from which it principally differs by the
vertex not longer than breadth between eyes, the sinuate lateral
margins and the anterior foveations to the pronotum, &c.

23^. Confucius ocellatus, sp. n.

5. Pale umber-brown, body beneath and legs much paler;
vertex of head about as long as breadth between e3^es, finely
granulate on apical area, the ocelli very prominent and appearing
as two large black granules, the lateral margins a little angulate
in front of eyes, thence gradually narrowing to apex, which is
subangulate, the lateral areas downwardly reflexed on each side ;
pronotum tlaickly finely granulate, the posterior angles a little
subacutely prominent, the lateral margins strongly sinuate, a large
and deep foveation on each side near anterior margin; scutellum

coNFgcius. 179

finely transversely wrinkled, the apex globosely incrassate, from
each side of the anterior margin is a similar short oblique
globose ridge not extending beyond the middle of scutellum ;

x:^

tegraina coriaceous, greyish, the veins brownish ; wings greyish
semi-opaque. '

^^ VFar. Tegmina speckled with brownish.

Length inch tegm. 5 9 millim.

ffab. Bengal; Ranchi {Lefroy). Ceylon; Kalutara (G^m/i).

A single 2 specimen of this small and distinct species was
sent to me by Mr. Green, and another specimen of the same sex
was forwarded for identification by Mr. Lefroy ; the latter is here
figured and represents the var. in which the tegmina are speckled
with brownish.

23&2P Confucius bituberculatus, sp. n.

2 . Dark brownish-ocliraceous ; body beneath and lec^s paler •
tegmina dull dark subvirescent, with a prominent black tuber-
culous granule a little beyond middle of each claval area • vertex
of head about as long as breadth between outer margins of eyes
the lateral and apical margins ochraceous and marked with some'
brownish dots, the remaining surface somewhat granulate exceptine
the area between ocelli, the lateral margins somewhat obliouelv
straight for a short distance in front of eyes and then gradually
narrowed to apex, which is subangulate ; pronotum granulate
more especially on posterior area, on posterior margin a series of
aarger granules, on middle of anterior margin four small granules
lateral margins a little sinuate ; scutellum a little piceous at base'
with a raised umber-brown spot at each basal angle : tegmina
dull subvirescent, the apical area obliquely subhyaline with the
veins darker ; scattered over the surface are a few minute granules
in addition to the prominent tuberculous granule in each clavus as
already described ; both costal and inner margins with a series of
minute brown granulate spots ; face anteriorly much and elongately
narrowed, a very strong toveation on each side in front of eyes

Length inch tegm. $ 11 millim. "^ '

Bab. Ceylon; Peradeniya (G^r^en).

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180

Vfoenus LEDROPSIS.

Ledropsis, White, A. M. JV. S. (1) xiv,
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 95 (1885).

p. 425 (1844) ; Atkins.

TyjM/Z. cancroma, White, from China.

Distribution. Eastern Palsearctic, Oriental, Malayan and Aus-
tralasian Eegions.

" Head with its prolongation longer than wide, parallel in
front of the eyes, as wide as the thorax, then gradually curved to
the tip, which is somewhat obtuse ; ocelli on the same line with
the front of the eyes and rather more distant from each other
than from the eyes ; eyes large but not very prominent ; prolonga-
tion hollowed out beneath, with a spear-shaped elevated ridge
running down the middle, the base of which, on the face between
the eyes, is hollowed out ; antenme spring from a depression in
front of the eyes beneath, 3-jointed, the terminal joint ending in
a longish bristle ; thorax rounded in front, very deeply notched
behind, the posterior angles truncately rounded ; tegmina with
many inclosed cells at the end, the veins robust ; body elongate,
margined beneath ; tibiae of posterior legs not dilated, serrated
behind." {Wliite.)

The length of the head, always considerably longer than the
width at eyes, is a distinguishing character for this genus.

2393. Ledropsis obligens. Walk, {h&d^rii) List Horn., Suppl. p. 251
(1858) ; <SYaZ%Ledropsis), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1862, p. 495 ;
Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 95 (1885).

Testaceous or brownish-ochraceous ; head considerably longer
than width between outer margins of eyes, deflected on each side
with a linear central longitudinal incision, the apex subangnlate ;

^^ Fig. 119. — Ledropsis ohligcns.

face pale ochraceous, elongately triangular, the margins of its
upper area piceous ; pronotum shorter tlian vertex, finely trans-
versely rugose ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous, the tibiae
outwardly testaceous or brownish-ochraceous ; tegmina testaceous-

LEDROPSIS. ISl

brown or brownish-ochraceous ; wings hyaline with the venation
darker ; abdomen above testaceous or brownish-ochraceous.

Length excl. tegm. 14 ; exp. tegm. 20 milHm.

Hob. Sikhim ; M\inQ\)h\i {Atkinson Coll., Brit. Mus.). Nilgiris ;
U'takamand {Brit. Mus.).

2394PLedropsis maculata, sp. n.

Head, pronotnm and scutellura ochraceous ; lateral margins
and apex of vertex and anterior and posterior margins of
pronotum more or less olivaceous ; body beneath and legs pale
ochraceous ; lateral margins of face and legs virescent, tarsi
olivaceous ; tegmina greenish-ochraceous, tinted with pale oliva-
ceous on basal half, the whole surface more or less sprinkled with
small testaceous spots ; vertex of head as long as pronotum and
scutellum together, strongly deflected on each side, narrowed to
apex, which is obtusely angulate and a little upturned, thickly
punctate, with an obscure central longitudinal carination; pro-
notum coarsely punctate, with an obscure central linear impression,
posterior margin strongly angularly sinuate, lateral margins con-
cavely sinuate ; scutellum coarsely punctate with a transverse
impression before apex ; tegmina thickly punctate, rather more
coarsely punctate on basal and claval areas ; head beneath trans-
versely furrowed in front of eyes, face with a distinct central
longitudinal carination.

Length inch tegm. $ 16 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Kandy ((?reeu).

2395.0Ledropsis ? producta, ikfe/jcA. ^'(Ledromorpha) Bom. Faun.
Cexjlon, p. 140 (1903).

" Above rusty-brown, thickly and finely punctured and finely
granulate, beneath pale brownish-yellow ; vertex of head half
longer than pronotum, towards front conically produced, trans-
versely arched, finely and thickly granulate, without wrinkles;
front narrow, gradually narrowed to tip of face, in middle a
shortened longitudinal furrow with some transverse dashes on
both sides ; eyes not prominent ; pronotum longer than broad ;
a little narrowed in front, transversely arched, gradually rising
from anterior to hind margins, thickly and finely granulate ;
scutellum large, triangular, in basal angles on each side a rusty-
brown spot, between these several indistinct spots and a curved
transverse line before tip ; tegmina longish, narrow^, not widened
outward, but narrow and rounded to the tip, the upper surface
with finely punctured branching veins ; wings hyaline ; underside
pale yellow ; legs pale or dirty yellow, tibias and tarsi rusty-brown ;
femora not widened, -with grey hair ; specially recognizable by
conical form of head and long narrow form of body." {Melichar.)

" Length $ 16 millim."

Hab. Ceylon ; Moruwale (Jide Melichar).

I have not seen this species.

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^G-enus ELEAZARA, nov.

y ^ype, E. a'dificatura, Dist.
Distribution. British India.

Head broad, short, angulate, straight in front of eyes and then
oblique to apex, which is angulate ; ocelli on posterior vertical
area ; head beneath foliaceous, recurved anteriorly, face elongate,
broadest between eyes, much narrowed anteriorly, less so pos-
teriorly ; pronotum longer than vertex, the lateral areas laminately
subangularly dilated, anterior margin nearly straight, posterior
margin concavely sinuate ; scutellum with a central elevated
crest-like process ; legs of moderate length, posterior tibiae
slightly dilated, outwardly spinose ; tegmina rugose and granulosa,
the veins, especially on apical area, elevated and prominent.

2396DEleazara sedificatura, sp. n.

Ferruginous - brown ; vertex of head shorter than breadth
between eyes, its anterior area strongly granulosa ; pronotum
strongly granulosa on posterior
area, more finely so on lateral
areas, which are foveately de-
pressed ; a faint central longitu-
dinal cariuation on disk, a short
oblique ridge between eyes and
two widely separated somewhat
large discal flattened tubercles ;
scutellum elevated in a laminate
recurved process ; tegmina with
rather more than basal half
granulosa and rugose, a some-
what prominent tubercle on
clavus, apical area smooth with
the veins elevated and promi-
nent ; tip of face at anterior
margin of head black; anterior legs strongly grauulose, inter-
mediate and posterior tibiae strongly grooved.
Length inch tegm'. $ 15 millim.
Hah. A?sam; Dikrang Vallev (CoZZ. Kis^.).

^ ^' Fig. \20.—Eleasara cBdificattira.

BYTUOSCOPIN.'E. 183

^'Subfam. II. BYTHOSCOPINiE.

^ Bythoscopidse, Bohrn, Catal. Hem. p. 84 (1859) ; Van Duzee, Ent.
Amer. v, p. 165 (1889) ; id. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 296
(1892).
^ Bythoscopides, Saklh. Not. Fenn. xii, n. s. p. 68 (1871).
^ Bythoscopina, Eer(j, Hem. Argejit. p. 276 (1879).
O Bythoscopini, ruton, Cat. Hem. Pal. p. 77 (1886) ; Melich. Hom.
Faun. Ceylon, p. 146 (1903).
OAgalliinae, Kii-h. Hep. Exp. Stat. Hate. Plaut. Assoc, pt. ix, p. 345
■ (1906).

Ocelli on the face below the anterior edge of the head ; vertex
narrow and confounded with the front, or apparently wanting,
the head being entirely deflexed ; tegmina membranaceous or
slightly thickened.

The Bythoscopinse are readily recognized by the above characters
and scarcely any other diagnosis is necessary.

As regards the habits of the Bythoscopinse, and indeed of other
Jassids, Prof. Ball of the Utah Agricultural College, U.S.A.,
makes some significant remarks : — " In giving food-plant records it
seems desirable to distinguish those records that are the result of
repeated observation, or made under circumstances that admit of
slight chance for error, from those that are based on accidental
occurrence of one or more specimens upon some given plant. The
adults of most all of our leaf -hoppers fly very readily and are often
found on plants adjacent to the one they feed upon, especially
after a sweep net has been vigorously used in the neighbourhood.
And too often there is no means of knowing whether the record
is the result of one accidental specimen or the summation of a
life-history study."

Synopsis of Oenera.

A. Upper apical or post-costal cell of tegmina of

ordinary size.

a. Ocelli on the face between the eyes.

a. Ocelli placed nearer to eyes than to each

other.
a' Front (including face) about as long as

broad. r,

rt^. Tegmina with four apical cells .... Idiocerus, p. 184.

6^. Tegmina with three apical cells , . Balocha, p. 189. o
b'. Front (including face) short and broad. Bythoscopus, p. 190. O

b. Ocelli placed as near to each other as

to eyes.
a' . Scutellum very long and broad, longer

than pronotum and vertex together . Chunra, p. 193. »5
b' . Scutellum about as long or a little

shorter than pronotum Agallia, p. 194. ^

b. Ocelli on front just beneath the anterior

margin of the vertex ; scutellum not more y/^

than half as long as pronotum Moonia, p. 197. ^

B. Upper apical or post-costal cell of tegmina

very large and broad Busonia, p. 198. ^ ,

184 JASSID^.

^ Genus IDIOCEEUS.

0
Idiocerus, Leuis, Trans. Ent. Soc. i, p. 47 (1836) ; Fieb. Rev. Mag,
Zool. (3) iii, p. 387 (1875) ; VanJDuzee, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi,
p. 260 (1894); Osb. 8f Ball, Proc. Davenp. Ac. Nat. Sci. vii,
p. 124 (1898) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 146 (1903).
a

Type, /. adustus, H.-S., a Palsearctic species.
Distribution. Nearctic, Palsearctic and Oriental Eegions. Pro-
bably much more widely distributed.

Osboru and Ball in their review of the North American species
of ^Idiocerus have so clearly diagnosed the genus that their
description may be well reproduced.

"The members of this genus are easily recognized by their large
size, broad short heads, the eyes exceeding the pronotum in width,
which in turn exceed that of the narrow apices of the folded
tegmina, giving the insects a wedge-shaped appearance. The
vertex is short and parallel-margined, rounding in front to the
face; ocelli on the face between the eyes, just above the origin of
the frontal sutures ; the male antennae usually bear a disc-like
swelling near the tip, this is wanting, however in a few of the
European and a number of the American species ; the tegmina are
usually longer than the abdomen and rather narrowly folded
behind ; there is but one transverse nervure between the sectors
aud that is often wanting in /. cratcegi* four apical and three
anteapical cells being the typical number ; the tegmina always
possess a distinct appendix and the supernumerary cell is present
in the wings."

According to Osborn and Ball, '* as far as known all the species
are two-brooded, the adults hibernating and depositing eggs in
spring. In the case of ^aZfernaius* the eggs are placed near the
tip of the younger twigs, usually several in a place, often causing
distortion or death to the part."

In 'Indian Museum Notes,' vol. i, no. 1, p. 4, Mr. Gollan, of
the Botanical (wardens at Saharanpur, gives particulars as to the
habits of three species which were subsequently identified as
I. cly2yealis,Tteih..i^niveosparus, Ijeth.., and^athinsoni, Leth. "They
are found upon the mango all summer, but do most harm when
the trees are in flower by damaging the reproductive organs, and
thus causing interference with the setting of the fruit. I have
tried mixtures of soap, tobacco, sulphur, kerosine diluted with
milk, &c. upon them, but without noticeable eifect. We have not
had many of them this year (1888?), but there are a few upon
some of the trees aud quite sufficient of them to experiment with.
Last year, and the year before, we had them in myriads, and both
these seasons we had hght crops of fruit, but this year a fine crop
has set, and this I attribute to the comparative absence of these
insects."

* A IVearetic species.

lUIOCEEUS.

185

2397. Idiocerus niveosparsus, Uth. J. A. S. B. Iviii, p. 252 (1889) ;
Atkins. Ind. Mus. Notes, i, no. I, p. 5 (1889) ; id. torn, cit,
no. iv, p. 187, t. xii, f. 6 (1891) ; id. J. A. S. B. Ixxii, pt. ii, p. 7
^ (1903).
Idiocerus basalis, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 147 (1903).

Vertex of head and face ochraceous, the former with darker
suffusions on each side of a central pale hne, the latter with two
discal oblong piceous-brown spots ; pronotuni dull virescent with
darker spots and markings, paler near outer angles ; scutellum
pale ochraceous, with three basal black spots, the central trans-
verse, the lateral angular, behind the central two very small spots
and a similar spot on each lateral margin ; sternum transversely

Fig. 121 — Idiocous niico'^par'^us.

spotted with black and the anal segment of that colour ; legs
ochraceous, apices of the posterior tibise black ; tegmina bronzy
subhyaline, the veins ochraceous or piceous ; costal area to about
middle ochraceous, following this an elongate costal piceous spot
and a similar spot near apex, between these spots is a hyaline space
and a transverse subbasal greyish fascia ; venation as in figure.

Length d' 4 to 4i; $ 5 to .5§ millim.

Hah. Saharanpur (Gollan) ; Calcutta (Ind. Mus.); Madras
(Mus. Hongrois); Bombay Prov., Jalalpur (Lefroy). Ceylon;
Peradeniya (Jide Melichar) ; Pattipola (Mus. Hongrois).

I am indebted to Dr. Horvath jjyc the opportunity of figuring
the form described by Melichar asl. bascdis, from which the above
description has been taken. The figure given in the ' Ind. Mus.
Notes,' supra, is none too faithful. The species is variable in
markings ; in some specimens the scutellum has the central basal
transverse spot as here figured, in others this spot is more elongate
and extending to about middle of scutellum ; the face is often
unicolorous with the oblong piceous spots absent.

" This Jassid may in most years be found in swarms in mango
topes in Pebruary, March, and April. It subsists by sucking out
the juices from the young flower shoots of the mango. This insect
is one of the most serious of our mango pests." (H. W. Peal.)

186 JASSID^.

6
2398. Idiocerus fasciolatus, sp. n.

Vertex and pronotum greyish ; vertex with two oblique central
testaceous stripes and t\^'o black spots at anterior margin ;
pronotum with two curved discal testaceous stripes and four black
spots, one near each lateral angle and two on anterior margin ;
scutellum suffused with pale testaceous, a black spot near each
basal angle and two piceous spots on disk ; head beneath pale
ochraceous, a transverse testaceous fascia, which is deflected on
each side, between eyes and beneath this fascia two black spots
with pale centres, posterior margins of face and the clypeus black ;
body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; tegmina pale bronzy sub-
hyaline, the veins fuscous, costal margin to near middle and a
basal transverse fascia stramineous ; near middle of costa is a
linear black spot and a small spot of the same colour at apex ;
posterior costal area hyaline.

Length 4 to 4| millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

In some specimens the vertex is without the testaceous stripes
and black spots, both being replaced by a large but very obscure
pale fuscous transverse spot.

2399. Idiocerus atkinsoni, Leth. J. A. S. B. Iviii, p. 252 (1889) ;
Atkins. Inch Mus. Notes, i, no. i, p. 5 (1889) ; id. to7n, cit. no. iv,
p_. 187 (1891).
? Idiocerus quinquepunctatus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 146

c? and 5 . Elongate, flavescent ; vertex infuscate in middle,
with a basal spot and two spots on anterior margin black ; head
beneath j^ellow with a small black spot on each side of face at
base ; clypeus yellow, with a small median black longitudinal line
and with minute lateral fuscous strias ; pronotum yellow, its disk
fuscous, a narrow median darker fuscous lougitudinal line and two
black spots near anterior margin ; scutellum with a triaugular
black spot near each basal angle and with a central narrow fuscous
streak dilated anteriorly and posteriorly, a small fuscous spot on
each side of its posterior termination : tegmina verypale ochraceous,
subhyaline, veins fuscous, posterior costal area hyaline, costal
margin ochraceous ; body beneath and legs yellow, two black spots
on disk of prosternum, legs sometimes streaked with fuscous.

Length 4| to 5 millim.

Hah. Bengal ; Baliganj, Calcutta {Ind. Mus.) ; Manickganj, Pusa
{Lefroy); Bombay (Z)/.ron) ; Surat (Lg/ro?/). Ceylon; Peradeniya?
{Jide MdicJiar). /

I have carefully studied Melichar's description of his /, quin-
quejnmctatns , founded on a single $ specimen, and I cannot
separate it from*^/. atkinsoni, Leth.

IDIOCEEUS.

187

2400. Idiocerus clypealis, Uth. J. A. 8. B. Iviii, p. 252 (1889) ;
Atkins. Ind. Mus. Notes, i, no. i, p. 5 (1889) ; id. to7n. cit.
no. IV, p. 187 (1891).
'^ Idiocerus nigroclypeatus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 148, t. v,
f. 1, a, h (1903).

Head, pronotum and scutellum fiavescent ; vertex with two
black spots on anterior margins which are, however sometimes
absent ; face immaculate or with two small black median spots ;
clypeus fiavescent with a central longitudinal black fascia, this also
is sometimes absent : scutellum with an obtusely triangular black

^ Fig. 12:!. — Idiocerus clijf calls.

spot near each basal angle ; tegmina very pale ocbraceous, the
veins concolorous, the posterior costal area broadly hyaline ; body
beneath and legs pale yellow, a somewhat large black spot on each
side of prosternum.

Length 3^ to 4 millim.

Hah. Bengal; Calcutta {lad. Mvs.); Pusa [Lefroy); Madras
{Mus. Hongrois). Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green), Colombo {fide
Melicliar).

Although this small species is not always to be distinguished by
the markings of the clypeus as the experience of Lethierry
compelled him to assume, it is in its other markings clearly
recognizable.

2401. Idiocerus scutellatus, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum ocbraceous ; basal margin of
scutellum united with a triangular spot at each basal angle, black ;
head beneath and clypeus ocbraceous, the latter with a black spot ;
body beneath and legs ocbraceous ; a black spot on each side of
sternum between the anterior and intermediate coxse and a

188 jASSiD.i;.

transverse black spot at base of anal segment ; tegmiua pale
bronzy, the veins darker, the costa ochraceous, inwardly margined
with brown.

Length inch tegm. 4 milliin.

Hah. Calcutta {Atlcinson Coll., Brit. Mus.).

The British Museum possesses three examples of this species
which is allied to^J. clypealis, Leth. It remains to be proved
whether it is only an extreme variety of that species, though I do
not think it can be, or at least I do not feel justified in treating
it as such.

e>

2402. Idiocerus unimaculatus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 149

(1903).

" Similar to /. nigroclypeatus ( = clypealis) in form and size ;
border waxy-yellow, tegmina brow^nish ; vertex four times as
broad as in the middle, long in front, broadly arched, without
markings ; face strongly convex, pale yellow, almost translucent ;
ocelli small, clear ; antennae pale yellow; eyes large, greyish-white ;
pronotum three times as long as vertex and like it of a wax-yellow
colour, on the surface diffusely tinted with greyish-brown ; ocelli
wax-yellow% with a large round black dot occupying the intermediate
space between the base and the transverse line ; tegmiua brownish,
with somewhat paler veins, at base of clavus an opaque, swollen,
greenish-yellow spot, tip of second apical cell dark brown, outer
terminal cell triangular ; u'ings hyaline with brown veins ; pectus
and abdomen beneath pale yellow ; back dark brown ; legs pale
yellow, at inside end of front tibiaj a black dot ; all the claws
brown." {Melichar.)

"■ Length J 4 millim."

Hab. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {fide Melichar).

I do not know this species.

O O

2403. Idiocerus subopacus, Motsch. (Idiocerus ?) Etud. Ent. 1859,

p. 110; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 149 (1903).

" Subelongate ; posteriorly attenuated ; thickly punctate ;
cinereously opaque ; front posteriorly, thorax medially, a bilobed
spot to scutellum, and interstitial veins infuscate, somewhat
piceous ; head broad, anteriorly semilunately excised ; ocelli sub-
approximate to the margin of the thorax ; eyes subprominent ;
thorax transversely ovate, laterally subtruncate, anteriorly trans-
versely spotted, ' subdiademata dilutiora ' ; scutellum triangular,
rugosely punctate, the apex acute, palely testaceous ; tegmina
more than twice as long as broad, anteriorly punctate, posteriorly
subreticulate, veins elevated." {Motschulshj.)

" Long. 1| lin., lat. | lin."

Hab. Ceylon.

I do not know this species, but Melichar has identified it with
a female specimen which he received from Henaratgoda.

BALOCHA. 180

0

2404, Idiocerus astutus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 150 (1903).

" A small species ; perfectly unicolorous, greenish-j^ellow,
locally more pale green or yellow to rusty yellowish ; eyes
brown ; face paler yellow, not marked ; ocelli small, vitreous ;
tegmina hyaline, slightly brownish-yellow with a weak golden
shining lustre, veins delicate, not prominent, somewhat darker
than the ground-colour, at tip of clavus a brown spot and the
apical tip of the tegmina with a piceous longitudinal spot ; wings
hyaline, vitreous ; body beneath and legs pale yellow or greenish-
yellow." (Melichar.)

" Length S 4 millini."

Hah. Ceylon ; Henaratgoda {fide Melichar).

Have not been able to identify any specimen 1 have received
from Ceylon with the above description.

Genus BALOCHA, nov.
O

Type, B. tricolor^ Dist.

Distribution. British India and Malaya.

Vertex broad, transverse, short, anteriorly convexly rounded ;
ocelli placed on the face between the eyes, nearer to eyes than to
each other, clypeus a little broadened posteriorly, its npex truncate ;
pronotum longer than vertex, about as long as scutellum, anterior
margin convex, posterior margin truncate ; scutellum subtrian-
gular ; legs of moderate length, posterior tibiae strongly spinulose ;
tegmina much longer than abdomen, costal margin convex, apical
areas three, apical margin convex.

O

2405. Balocha tricolor, sp. n.

Vertex and face orange-yellow, base of vertex between eyes

Fig. 123.

■Bclocha tricolor.

virescent ; pronotum with the anterior area bright testaceous, the
posterior area and lateral margins virescent; scutellum bright

190 JASSID.E.

testaceous ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; tegmina with
the apical area pale fuliginous with a black apical spot, the costal
area to a little beyond middle broadly orange-yellow, claval area
testaceous red, its inner margin virescent and again outwardly
margined with testaceous red ; eyes piceous.

Length incl. tegm. 4 millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Dolierty).

" Genus BYTHOSCOPUS.

Bythoscopus, Germ. i?i tSilhenii. liev. Ent. i, p. 180 (1833) ; Lewis,
Tr. E. S. i, p. 48 (1836); Fieb. Verh. z.-b. ges. Wien, xviii,
pp. 450-458 (1868) ; id. Rev. Mag. Zool. (3) iii, p. 389 (1876) ;
Xirk. Rep. Exp. Stat. Haw. Plant. Assoc, pt. ix, p. 345 (1906).

^ Batrachomorphus, Letois, Tr. E. S. i, p. 51 (1836).

° Stragania, Stdl, Rio Jan. Hem. ii, p. 49 (1858).

6 Pachyopsis, JJhler, Bull. U. S. Geol. Sf Geogr. Surv. iii, p. 466
(1877) ; Melich. Horn. I'aun. Ceijlon, p. 152 (1903).

^ Macropsis, Ball (part.) Psgche, i.v, pp. 128-30 (1900); Van Huzee
(part.), Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi, p. 256 (1894).

^ Gargaropsis, Foivl. Biol. Centr.-Am., Rkynch. Hom. ii, p. 167(1896).

Type, B. lanio, Linn., a Palaearctic species.

Distribution. Probably almost universal.

The following is Dr. Uhler's careful description of this genus,
which he renamed*^« c%o^jsis : —

" Broad and robust ; head from above very short, bluntly
rounded, including the eyes a little wider than the pronotum, the
vertex and front confounded in a common convexity in both
diameters ; ocelli on a line with the middle of the eyes, large and
placed remotely from each other ; front shoi't and broad, promin-
ently and abruptly raised above the level of the cheeks and
epistoma ; epistoma flat, almost as wide as long, short and broad,
the end truncated, and the sides a very little oblique, or very
feebly siuuated ; antennae short, the basal joint short, very thick,
rounded, the four following joints very short, narrow, tapering,
the apical one with a short, oblique bristle ; outer cheeks very
broad, curving bluntly to concur with the tip of the epistoma;
inner cheeks wider, a little longer than the epistoma with the
inner margin oblique and the outer margin curving inferiorly and
making an acute tip ; pronotum transverse, of medium length ;
the posterior margin feebly concave, the postero-lateral margins
oblique, with the angles a little rounded; tegmina moderately
long, not valvate, narrowing towards the tip, the tip narrow and
obliquely rounded, inner margin straight and the costal margin
broadly arcuated ; nervures straight, the outer one acutely forked
near the base and its two branches eacii forking on the last third
of the corium, apical cells short, the middle are shoi'test, quad-
rangular, the next outer one almost twice as long as the former,
the next inner one widening posteriorly and of the same length as
the outer, the outer marginal apical cell much longer than the
other and showing a tendency to reticulation, the inner marginal

BYTIIOSCOPUS.

191

apical cell a little longer than the one next outward, acute at tip ;
interior tibiae with close long bristles, posterior ones with long,
stout spines."

"^Stragania was originally treated by Stal as a subgenus o£
j^ Gi/pona ; in his ' Hemiptera Mexicana,' he placed it as a distinct
genus after Gi/pona, a course in which he was followed by Eowler
(1903), who was evidently unaware that Van Duzee (1894) had
rightly placed it in the Bythoscopina?, though in the genus
I. Macropsis. ' Gagaropsis was originally placed by Fowler in the
Membracidae. ^Tachyopsis was quite recognized by Uhler as allied
to Bythoscop^is. Kirkaldy states (Eep. Exp. Stat. Haw. Plant.
Assoc, pt. ix, p. 345) that in 1900 he was the first to point out
that Lewis had fixed the type oi'Bijtlwscopus as lanio. This
requires correction — (1), 1900 as the date of Kirkaldy 's note is an
error, it should be 1901 (Entomologist, xxxiv, pp. 339-40);
(2), Germar fixed his own type, as can be seen by a reference to
the description (too short) of his genus, where the first species
which he includes is -Jassus lams, Fabr., a misprint iofJ. lanio,
Linn.

240G. BythoscopUS chloropliana, Melkh. (Pachyopsis) Horn. Faun.
Ceiilon, p. 15.') (1903).

Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs stramineous;
tegmina pale ociiraceous, with a
minute piceous spot at apei of
clavus antl the apical costal area
subhyaline ; disk of pronotum
distinctly finely transversely
striate ; scutelluni obscurely sub-
foveate near each basal angle, an
arcuate, subangulate, impressed
transverse line before apical area ;
tegmina sparingly, obscurely,
somewhat coarsely punctate ;
eyes piceous or testaceous ; ocelli
red.

Length incl. tegm. J 4, $
4|-5 millim.

Hah. Bengal ; Calcutta ; Pusa
Negombo, Putalam {Mas. Hon-

124 . — Bythoscoims chlorophana.

(Lefroy). Ceylon ; Peradeniya
grois). Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

A cotype from the Budapest Museum is here figured.
o
2407. Bythoscopus piceatus, sp. u.

$ . Pale ochraceous ; pronotum (excluding anterior and lateral
areas) and the whole of the scutellum piceous- black.

Allied to'^^. cliloropliana, but in addition to the great colour
differences the pronotum is much more strongly transversely
striate; the tegmina are rather more subhyaline at their costal

192

apical area and the posterior angles of the pronotum a little more
acute.

Length incl. tegm. 5 millim,

Hab. Ceylon; Peradeniya (&Vem).

Q

2408. Bythoscopus pulvereus, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs pale
ochraceous; pronotum someAvhat thickly speckled with fuscous
and with a central pale longitudinal line; scutellum thickly
speckled with fuscous, the speckles darker than on pronotum';
tegmina pale subhyaline, thickly speckled with fuscous, the margins
very narrowly ochraceous; wings hyaline; tarsal claws black;
face with two small central black spots before apical margin ;
clypeus with two central longitudinal black lines ; pronotum very
finely transversely wrinkled, the central line levigate ; posterior
tibisD thickly and somewhat longlv spinulose.

Length excl. tegm. 3; exp. tegm. 10 millim.

Bah. Bengal (Coll. Dist.).
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2409. Bythoscopus rubrofrontalis, sp. n.

Dull ochraceous ; vertex pale testaceous : arcuated anterior and
lateral areas of pronotum pale ochraceous, containing irregular
castaneous spots, more strongly so on each side and much more
faintly centrally ; scutellum with a slightly darker spot at each
basal angle; face transversely striate, only slightly medially

Fig. 125. — Bythoscopus ruhrofrontalts.

interrupted ; ocelli and eyes testaceous ; vertex with a faint
central longitudinal ridge ; prouotuui behind vertex moderately
excavate, its disk finely transversely wrinkled ; scutellum slightly
foveate at each basal angle, discally transversely wrinkled ; tegmina
sparingly punctate.

Length incl. tegm. 5^ millim.

Hub. Himalayas ; Kotagiri (Atlinson Coll., Brit. Mus.).

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Genus CHUNRA,

Type, C. puncticosta, Walk.

Distribution. Oriental and Malaj'au Eegions.

Vertex very short and broad, with eyes distinctly broader than
pronotum ; face narrowed between eyes, the ocelli about as near
to each other as to eyes and placed a" little below middle of eyes,
which are obliquely long and narrow and extend along the lateral
margins of the_ pronotum ; pronotum twice as long as vertex, the
posterior margin concavely sinuate ; scutellum very long and
broad, longer than pronotum and vertex together, transversely
impressed before apical area, which is moderately raised, the apical
niargin broadly subacute ; legs moderately slender, the posterior
tibise thickly spinulose ; tegmiua with the clavus posteriorly
broadened to middle and then angularly narrowed to the claval
apex, apical areas four, the upper or postcostal area short and
moderately broad ; wings ample.

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2410. Chunra puncticosta. Walk. (Jassus) Joum. Linn. Soc, Zool. x,
p.y24(1869).
^ Jassus latifrons, Walk. torn. cit.

Ochraceous, more or less mottled and spotted with brownish ;
pronotum with three longitudinal brownish waved fasciae on each
side, its central area minutely spotted with the same colour ;
scutellum with four large brownish basal spots, the two outer-
most posteriorly angulate, the two central spots subquadrate,

Fig. 126. — Chunra jmncticosta.

two piceous spots on each lateral margin, the first central, the
other near apex ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous, minutely
spotted and mottled with brownish ; abdomen above brownish :
tegmina subhyaline with a pale ochraceous tint, costal area
ochraceous spotted with black, veins brown, many, especially in
claval and apical areas, frequently interrupted, a few pale spots on
apical margin which is shghtly int'uscate (the artist has failed

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194 jASsiD.i:.

to show these adequately in the figure) ; wings subhyaline, with a
very slight fuliginous tint, the veins brown.

Length exc'l. tegm. J 4 raillim. ; exp. tegm. 9 millim.

Hah. Tenassenm ; Myitta (Doherty). — Malay Archipelago ;
Morty (Wallace, Brit. Mus.).

^Genus AGALLIA..

^ Agallia, Curtis, Ent. Mag. i, p. 193 (1833) ; Fieb. Rev. et Mag. Zool.
(3) ill, p. 390 (1875) ; Van Duzee, Trans. Am. Ent. Sue. xxi, p. 262
(1894); Osb. ^ Ball, Proc. Davenjp. Acad. Nat. Sci. vii, p. 45
(1898) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 150 (1903).
O
Type, A. puncticeps. Germ., a Palsearctic species.
Distribution. Nearctic, Palaearctic and Oriental Regions.
Osboru and Ball (supra) have so fully described this genus that
I copy their diagnosis : —

" Head (together with the eyes) wider than tegmina at base ;
vertex transverse, crescentiform ; ocelli on the face between the
eyes; antennae long, inserted under a feeble ledge, their bases
partly visible, clypeus longer than wide, nearly rectangular ; face
as long or longer than width across eyes ; pronotum long, anterior
margin strongly rounding and extending forward below the eyes,
side margin short or obsolete ; tegmina without an appendix, fi.ve
apical and three subapical cells, second transverse nervure some-
times present ; marginal nerve of wing continued around apex,
forming a supernumerary cell. In the Nearctic species colour
varying from whitish to dark fuscous, scarcely ever more than a
trace of red, yellow or green, two round black spots on vertex
rarely wanting."

The above writers state that in the North -American species of
Agallia the males are invariably smaller and darker than the
females. They are all single-brooded so far as known, the larvae
being usually found in the rubbish on the ground around the base
of their respective food-plants, from which they emerge to feed.

There is a considerable disparity in the general appearance of
some of the species in this genus.

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2411. Agallia plotina, sp. n.

cJ . Vertex, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous ; eyes and a
small elongate spot at each basal angle of scutellum fuscous ;
body beneath and legs ochraceous, some lateral spots (sometimes
fused) to sternum piceous ; tegmina fuscous, the claval area
inwardly browuish-ochraceous, its outer area stramineous ; apex
and costal margin paler.

$ . Tegmina more uniformly fuscous-brown, the claval area
only pale ochraceous at base of outer margin and apex.

Pronotum somewhat coarsely transversely wrinkled, slightly
granulose at lateral areas ; scutellum a little centi'ally transversely

195

foveate on basal margin ; teginiaal veins outside claval area robust
and prominent.

Length 5 & c? 3 millim.

Hah. Calcutta {Lid. Mas. c^ Coll. Dist.).

Fig. 127. — Agcdlia ploiina, (^ .

The above description is based on four carded specimens, vphich
condition renders the description of the body beneath a very
difficult undertaking.

o
2412. Agallia atrovenosa, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceijlon, p. 152 (1903).

\

Fig. 128. — Agallia atrovenosa.

Head, pronotum and scutellum obscure ochraceous ; vertex
with two large quadrate black spots on disk ; pronotum with two

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196 jAssiD.i:.

broad irregular discal longitudinal black fasciae, which are united
at anterior margin; scutellum with the base piceous and two
small dark discal foveate spots; face and clypeus black, the
former with an anterior central ochraceous spot; body beneath
black, the abdominal segmental margins and the anal segment
pale luteous, the latter with two small piceous spots ; legs dull
ochraceous, femora more or less streaked with piceous ; apices of
tarsi piceous ; tegmina pale ochraceous, the veins broadly black,
claval area ochraceous, with basal and broad longitudinal black
fasciae united at base.

Length inch tegm. 4| millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Newara-Eliya, Pattipola {Mus. Honrjrois).

Dr. Horvath has kindly enabled me to figure this species.

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2413. Agallia biplagiata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 150 (1903).

" Eusty yellow-brown ; vertex broad, three times as broad as in
middle long, anteriorly very obtusely angulated, rounded towards
the face, almost humped, finely and thickly punctured, with two
large black spots, which are as far apart from each other as from
eyes ; in the $ the two spots are smaller and brown, between the
spots a brownish middle line which is continued on the face ; face
above broad, narrowed to clypeus, moderately arched, thickly
punctured, on each side a curved row- of short brownish dashes or
streaks, antennal pits black; antennae rusty yellow; clypeus
somewhat long, quadrangular, rusty yellow ; in the 5 the pattern
of the face is very indistinct and appears nearly uuicolorous, but
the antennal pits and the tip of clypeus are always dark ; pronotum
twice as long as vertex, arched iu front, nearly straight behind,
with deep impressions on the upper surface near the anterior
margin, forming a transverse series posteriorly to the hind margin,
strongly transversely wrinkled ; pronotum in $ rusty-yellow,
in the S rusty-yellow in front \^ith a small black spot in the
middle of the anterior margin, the hinder half of the pronotum
more or less suffused dark brown ; scutellum small, rusty-yellow,
with brown in S or rusty-yellow in $ triangles in the basal
angles, between which at the base are two short longitudinal
streaks mostly united into a longitudinal spot, in the middle a
deep transverse line ; tegmina parchment-like, rounded-off behind
and covering the tip of the abdomen, with strongly thickened
veins ; the tegmina dark brown in d , costal margin, tips, claval
suture and terminal border paler, so that each tegmen looks as if
it was provided with a broad longitudinal streak, widened behind
and suffused at apex ; in the $ the tegmina are mostly rusty-
yellow, only the veins partially darker ; wings smoky-brown with
dark brown veins ; pectus and abdomen in ? rusty -yellow, above
brown, in 6 dark brown, middle of abdomen beneath rusty-
brown ; legs rusty-yellow, the apices of the femora generally

MOONIA. 197

spotted and the tibife longitudinally striped, all the claws brown."
{Melichar.)

"Length, S 2^-2^ millim., $ 2i-3 miUim."

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {fide Melichar).

O
2414. Agallia quadrinotata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 151
(1903). ^

" Body more slender and longer than in hiplaglata, resembling
the European*^J.. sinuata, M. & R. in form and size, with four
black round spots, two on the vertex further from each other
than from eyes, and two which are rather larger and rather more
widely separated on the prouotum near the posterior margin ;
face yellowish with very suffused markings on the forehead,
so that a paler middle line is apparent, which on upper end is
strongly narrowed, usually interrupted and similar to a reversed
note of interrogation, in antennal cavities is a black transverse
spot which is lengthened on cheeks nearly to the eyes ; ' zugel '
semicircular, the cheek veined, suture black ; clypeus somewhat
long, unspotted ; prouotum more than three times as long as
vertex, towards front strongly produced and rounded, behind
flatly concave, on surface arched, finely and transversely streaked,
behind the black spots a brownish longitudinal line, truncated
before and behind, is usually visible ; scutellum at base as far as
the secoud transverse line rusty-brown ; behind the transverse
line to tip paler ; tegmina somewhat long, their apices extending
far beyond abdominal apex, brownish-yellow, towards costa paler,
with dark longitudinal veins ; membrane dirty smoky-brown with
dark veins ; pectus and abdomen yellowish, the latter brownish
above ; legs yellowish, with all the claws black." (Melichar.)

"■ Lengtti *c? 2 3-4 millim,"

Hab. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (fide JlelicJiar).

^ Genus MOONIA, nov.

Type, M. sanctta, Dist.

Distribution. British India.

Vertex very short, much shorter at middle than on lateral areas,
where it is somewhat broadly and deeply grooved ; ocelli placed
on front just beneath the anterior margin of the vertex, nearer to
each other than to eyes ; basal area of head grooved beneath ; face
somewhat small, a little longer than broad, rounded anteriorly; pro-
notum somewhat gibbous, foveately depressed on each lateral area,
finely centrally longitudinally carinate, posterior lateral margins
oblique, anterior margin moderately produced and rounded,
posterior margin nearly straight ; scutellum small, about half the
length of prouotum, triangular, transversely ridged near base;
tegmina moderately broad, passing apex of abdomen, costal
margin rounded, veins coarse and prominent, apical veins five;

198 JASSID.E.

legs somewhat short; posterior tibiae grooved, shortly thickly
finely spinulose.

I have farther alluded to the positiou of this genus when
describing Mesargus, Melich. farther on.

2415. Moonia sancita, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, seutellum, body beneath and legs ochraceous ;.
eyes black; face with two small dark spots just beneath the
ocelU ; vertex coarsely sparingly punctate ; pronotum wrinkled,.

O

' Fig. 129. — Moonia sancita.

punctate, finely centrally longitudinally carinate, laterally foveate
behind eyes ; seutellum with a transverse ridge near base, the
lateral margins ridged for about halfway from base ; tegmina
pale greyish-brown, the veins robust, spotted with brown, an
indistinct greyish-white transverse fascia before middle ; wings
very pale fuliginous, the veins piceous ; abdomen above black,
the lateral margins more or less ochraceous.

Length inch tegm. 4| millim.

Hah. Northern India; Mussoorie {Bruneiti, Ind. Mus.).

'^Genus BUSONIA, nov.
O

Type, B. amentata, Dist.

Distribution. British India.

Vertex short, broad, transverse, with eyes slightly broader than
the pronotum ; ocelli situate on the face between the eyes and
very much nearer to the eyes than to each other; face broad,
about as long as broad, obliquely narrowed from eyes ; clypeus
short and broad ; pronotum slightly longer than vertex, trans-
verse, the lateral margins nearly straight ; seutellum about as
long as pronotum and vertex together, subapically transversely,
and sublaterally impressed, its apex acute ; legs slender, posterior
tibiae thickly spinulose ; tegmina broad, apical areas four, the
upper or postcoslal one very large and broad ; wings broad, their
apices truncate ; venation of both tegmina and wings better
shown than described by the accompanying figure of the type.

BUSONIA. IQS'

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2416. Busonia amentata, sp. n.

Head, pronotum and scutelluin ochraceous ; lateral and apical
areas of the scute! lum, body beneath and legs stramineous ; face
(excluding apex) suffused with brownish ; abdomen above piceous ;
tegmina pale ochraceous, the costal area black, an apical suffusion

Fig. 130. — Busonia amentaia.

piceous, the upper apical or postcostal area hyaline; wings
slightly fuliginous ; scutellum a little convex at base, depressed
towards apical area, which with the lateral margins is smooth
and glabrous.

Length excl. tegm. d & $ 2|-3 millim. ; exp. tegm. 6-6|
millim.

Hah. Assam ; Margherita {Ind. Mus.). Tenasserim ; Myitta
{Doherty).

The late Mr. Doherty sent me a series of this species from
Tenasserim ; all these specimens are constant in colour and.
markings.

2417. Macropsis indica, Leth. Bull. Soc. ZooL Fr. 1892, p. 209.

" Sordidly flavous, unicolorous ; vertex short, broad, equally
broad as pronotum ; pronotum and scutellum covered with slender
transverse striatious ; tegmina longer than the abdomen, shining,
sparsely punctately impressed." {Lethierry .)

" Length S 4 millim."

Hah. Mahe {Deschamps—fide Lethierry).

" Form and sculpture of the European species M. prasina,
Fabr., but a little smaller " {Lethierry).

This species, which I have not seen, was described from a single
specimen. ,1^ may probably belong to the genus Bythoscopus,
with which '3lacrop)sis has been confused by many writers. I
therefore can at present only copy the somewhat short description.

200

^ Subfam. III. TETTIGONIELLIN^.

o Tettigonides, Amy. ^- Serv. Hhn. p. 569 (ISiS) ; Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent.

Fr. 1879, p. 48.
O Procouiida, Stal, Hem. Fabr. ii, p. 59 (1869).

<y Tettigoninse, Uhler,Bull. U.S. Geol. ^ Geocp-. 6'Mry. iii, p. 459 (1877).
<5? Tettigouiiua, Berg, Hem. Argent, p. 249 (1879).
€> Tettigouiui, Puton, Cat. Hem. Pal. p. 79 (1886).
« Tettigonidse, Van Duzee, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 297 (1892).
^ Tettiooniidae, Fowler, Biol. Centr.-Am., Rhynch. Ho7n. ii, p. 207

(1898).
<5> Tettigoiiiellidee, Melich. Wien. ent. Zeit. 1905, p. 298.
S> Tetig-oniidae, Kirk. Rep. Exp. Stat. Haw. Plant. Assoc, pt. ix,

p.l316 (1906).

The Tettigoniellinae are readily recognized by the position of the
ocelli which are placed on the disk of the vertex ; the face is lai'ge,
prominent, strongly convex ; cheeks long and narrow ; anterior
edge of the head obtuse or rounded.

The question of the name of this subfamilj^, based on the
alteration of the nam^ Tett'ujonia to' Tettigoniella, is discussed on
pp. 201-2. ... ^

^■^ Melichar includes in this subfamily the genera Pmtliimia and
^ '^ Neodartus, which I follow "\^an Duzee in locating in the'^yponinse.*
In the Neotropical species ascribed to ^ettigonia (Tettigoniella)
it is evident from the figures published that many distinct genera
have still to be described, and a monograph might well be devoted
to the beautiful insects from all parts of the world that are already
known as belonging to the Tettigoniellinse.

C? SynojJsis of Genera.

A. Wings a little broader than tegmiua, their
apices rounded.

a. Face neither ceutrall}' carinate nor fo-

veate.

a. Lateral margins of vertex in a line with

inner margins of eyes. ^^

a^. Vertex not foveate Tettigoniella, p. 201.^ '^ -/

b^. Vertex broadly foveate . . Bhandaea, p. 221. Q /

b. Lateral margins of vertex in a line :

with outer margins of eyes Kolla, p. 223. c?

b. Face centrally carinate.

a. Anterior margin of pronotum not pro-
duced between eyes.
a\ Vertex centrally carinate but not
sulcate.
d^. Vertex crossed by a more or less

straight ridge from near one ^

ocellus to the other Euacanthus, p. 227. ^

0
* Mglicbar also includes bis genuii"Pythmmti>, which I suspect also belongs
to the G-yponiniB.

TETTIGONIELLA.

201

Ir. Vertex with two oblique cari-

nations coiuuiencing at inner x
margins of eyes and united a V

little before apex '^Bundera, p. 228.

c^. Vertex with two tine longitu-
dinal ridges which angularly /

diverge at base Mainda, p. 229. y

b\ Vertex centrally broadly sulcate . . Pisacha, p. 230. <^
b. Anterior margin of pronotum semi-
cireularly rounded and produced be-
tween eyes. /
n^. Pronotum subconvex, not ridged. .'!?Signoretia, p. 232.

h^. Pronotum strongly ridged Preta, p. 234. o^

c. Face foveate Atkinsoniella, p. 235. 0

B. Wings nearly twice as broad as tegmina,

their apices truncate Soibanga, p. 236iD

O Genus TETTIGONIELLA.

<S Tetigonia, Geoffr. Hist, ahrey. des his. i, p. 429 (1798-99), nom.

pi'seocc.
i-^Tettigonia, Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Ft: 1853, p. 323 ; Stcil, Hem. Fabr.
ii, p. 61 (1869) ; Van Duzee, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi, p. 271
(1894).
Tettigoniella, Jacohi, Zool. Jahr. Syst. x\x, p. 778 (1904), n. nom.

^^'■^ ^Type, T. viridis, Linn., a Palaearctic species.
" Distribution. Almost universally distributed.

Vertex anteriorly convexly or subangularly produced, the
lateral margins in a line with the inner margins of the eyes ; face
moderately globose, neither carinate nor foveate, moderately
elongate, lateral areas transversely striate ; pronotum longer than
vertex, the anterior margin more or less convex, posterior margin
truncate ; scutellum somewhat small, transversely impressed
before the apical area ; tegmina longer than abdomen, apical areas
five ; posterior tibioe longly spinulose.

Kirby (Proc. E. Dublin Soc. vi, p. 580 (1890)), first drew
attention to the fact that the generic name ^ettigonia, Linn.
(1758) must be restricted to the Orthoptera, and in his 'Syn. Cat.
Orthop.' ii, p. 212 (1906) he places it in the family Phasgonuridae.
Kirkaldy has claimed that *Teti(/onia, Geoffr. is unused and should
be employed. This claim is untenable for two reasons: — (1) In
any case^etigonia is practically synonymous withKTettigonia, and
(2) Geoffrey refers to Eeaumur, who (Mem. v, p. 150) spells the
word yTtttigonia, which tends to prove that Geoffrey's name is
only a misprint. Geoffa-oy also refers his tetigonia to a small
species which he identifies with Cicada rosa', Linn., and procigale,
Reaum., which appears to be the Typlilocyha rosa?, auct.
^ Jacobi has with good reason altered the name'^et
Tettigoniella, and has in error stated that Geoffroy nsed^etigonia
for Cicada viridis, Linn., but this species may nevertheless be
accepted as the type oV^Tettigoniella. Kirkaldy has now added to
the confusion lie previously created by stating (Canad. Ent.

202 .TASSID.I.

y

xxxix, p. 249) that, if used, Tettigoniella must fall before CicadeIJa
(Latr. 1817).

^ Cicadella, Latr., is equivalent to the Cicadce ranatne, Linn.,
including a number of well-known insects, but not C. viridis,
w^hicli is placed in another section and therefore cannot possibly
be taken as the type of Cicadella, Latr., which name may, how-
ever, be used for any species placed by Linnaeus in his section
(stqjra) which may require a generic name. Kirkaldy's second
proposition is therefore as untenable as his first, and Jacobi's
substituted name clears the medley.

In looking into this unnecessarily complicated question I have
been assisted by the bibliographical erudition of Mr. W. F. Kirby,
and the above conclusions may be accepted as representing the
views of both of us.

A. Tegmina not hnfjitudinally fasciate, U O

a. Pronotum more or less maculate. J^ ({ /

2418. Tettigoniella ferruginea, i^o^z-.^C Cicada) ^t. Syst. iv, p. 32
(1794) ; id. Syst.Wnjng. p. 62 (1803) ; Germ. (Tettigonia) Mcui.
Ent. iv, p. 69 (1821); Siqn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1853, p. 676,
t. xxii, f. 5 ; Walk. List 'Horn. Stqjpl. p. 218 (1858) ; Atkins.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 98 (1855).

o Tettigonia apicalis. Walk. List. Horn, iii, p. 736 (1851).

C? Tettigonia confinis, Walk. torn. cit.

oTettiuonia addita, Walk. torn. cit. p. 737.

cTettigonia jreniina, Walk. torn, cit.; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon^
p. 155 (K03).

oTettigonia ob.-cvu'a, Walk. torn. cit. p. 738.

0 Tettigonia duplex, Wcdk. torn. cit.

vi Tettigonia reducta, Walk. torn. cit. p. 739.
Tettigonia longa, Walk. to7n. cit. p. 740.

.'Tettigonia iuimaculata, Walk. torn. cit.

Head, pronotum and scutellum ochraeeous ; vertex with a
black spot (sometimes divided) at apex and a basal black spot
between the ocelli; face with a transverse black spot (sometimes
divided) before the clypeus ; pronotum with three black spots, one
central near anterior margin and two at base ; scutellum ■with a
central black spot ; tegmina testaceous, a spot at base and the
apex rather broadly black ; sternum and abdomen beneath piceous;
lateral margins of sternum, abdominal segmental margins, and
legs pale ochraeeous or stramineous ; apices of femora, bases and
apices of tibiae, apices of tarsi, abdomen above and wings black.

^Var. a. Tegmina darker, purplish-red.

oVar. h. As in var. a, but the black apical margin to tegmina
preceded by greyish-brown.

OVar. c. Apices of tegmina pale brownish-ochraceous.

^Var. d. As in var. c, but vertex without spots.

(jVar. e. As in var. c, but tegmina Avith a broad subcostal
purplish-red streak beyond middle.

TETTIOONIELLA.

203

0 Vai'./. Head and pronotuiu spotted as in typical form, but
the tegmina greenish-stramineous.

Hah. N.W. Himalayas ; Mussoorie, Dehra Dun. Kumaon ;
Tindharia, Bhim Tal. Nepal ; Soondrijal, Katmandu. Sikhim ;
Darjiling, Kurseong. Calcutta {Ind. Mas.). Coorg ; Polybetta
(Lefroi/). Boml^ay (Coll. Dist.). Nilgiris {Hampson). Assam
{Coll. Dist.). Assam ; Margherita (Incl. 3Ius.), Khiisi Hills (Le-
froij). Upper Burma (Thompfson), Bhamo (Feci), Ruby Mines
(Dolierty). Tenasserim ; Myitta [^Doherty), Mergui (Coll. Dist.).
Malay Peninsula; Perak (Doherty), Pahang (Craddoek). Java
(Coll. Dist.). I Sumatra. Borneo. China. Japan.

Signoret notes that the form of the anal appendage in the female
distinguishes this variable and widely-distributed species. It is
very large, deeply emarginate, covering a great part of the vulvar
plates, more or less round on the sides, and in shape like two
approximated lobes.

The varieties here enumerated only refer to those which I have
seen from British India.

0 2419. Tettigoniella indistincta, Wcdk. XTettigonia) List Horn. iii.

p. 739 (1851).
iTettigonia continis, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 745 (1851).
^nTettio-onia albidicans, Walk. Ins. Saund., Horn. p. 96 (1858) ;

Atkins. J. A. S. B. Iv; p. 198 (1886).

Head, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous; two large spots on
vertex, one at base the other at apex, three spots on pronotum,

CPig. 131. — Tettigoniella indistincta.

two at base and one at middle of anterior area and a subapical
spot to scutellum black ; head beneath ochraceous, base and apex
of face more or less black, in the form figured (the albidicans,

204 jassid.t:.

Walk.) the black extends as a centi-al longitudinal fascia ; abdo-
men above and beneath black with the segmental margins more or
less ochraceous ; sternum and legs ochraceous, the first discally
spotted with black and the ajjices of femora, tibiae and tarsi
black; tegmina ochraceous or testaceous, their apices sometimes
piceous, or in some forms, as in the one figured, paler in hue ;
wings black, the apical areas ochraceous.

Length incl. tegm. 14 to 15 milhm.

Hob. Sylhet {Brit. 3Ius.). v

/ The types ob/ T. indistincta and confinis are unlocalised ;
T. albidicans is from Sylhet.

0 2420. Tettigoniella leopardina, sp. u.

Head, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous with greyish
pubescence ; vertex with five black spots, two anterior, two
basal and one central, the latter sometimes much attenuated, in
some specimens there is also a longitudinal streak before the
eyes ; pronotum with three, sometimes five, black spots ; scutel-
lum with four black spots, one at each basal angle, one discal, and
one apical ; face with three black spots, one at middle of anterior
margin and two before clypeus, the latter also centrally black ;
body beneath and legs ochraceous, a spot behind each of the
anterior coxse and a double series of spots on each lateral area of
the abdomen beneath (the outermost smaller) black, in some
specimens there is also a centra] series of black spots ; tegmina
dull testaceous, with a black spot near end of clavus and the
apical area angularly subhyaline.

Length incl. tegm. 12 rcillim.

Bob. Upper Assam {CoU. Dist.). Teuasserim ; Myitta {Do-
Jierty).

The typical specimen described is from Tenasserim.

^ 242]. Tettigoniella illnstris,

jp. 11.

Head, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous ; a central basal
subtriangular spot to vertex, two discal spots to pronotum and
large subobconical spots at anterior margin of scutellum, black ;
face with two anterior rounded and two posterior lateral spots
black : sternum and legs stramineous, sternum disc-ally spotted
with black ; abdomen mutilated in specimen described ; tegmina
purplish-red, interior claval area and apex pale golden-yellow,
each tegmen ^ith four black spots, one at base and one before
middle of clavus, the outer two situate one before and the other
beyond middle of disk ; vertex distinctly transversely foveate.
^^ Var. Tegmina wholly purplish-red, the internal claval area
concolorous.

Length incl. tegm. 9 millim.

Bah. Assam (Coll. Dist.). Burma ; Ruby Mines (Doherty).

TETTIGONIELLA.

205

j2422. Tettigoniella kotagiriensis, «p- "•

Head, pronotum and seutelkim pale stramineous apical half o£
vertex purplish-broNvn, rather more than basal half o P 'onotum
purphsh-bivvn or testaceous; vertex with two blade spot on
anterior margin (sometimes obliterated) and two rathei moie
prominent basal spots of the same colour; pi-onotum with a
transverse series of four black spots i'} ^h^ ^^J^^'^T/f.^.'^.f " I
ation ; scutellum very pale ochraceous, with four fused black spot.

n Fig. 132.— TMifjonicUa Jcofagiriensis.

on basal margin, of which the two central are smaller ; head
beneath testaceous, lateral margins of the face (sometimes broken)
black- clypeus black; body beneath and legs very pale ochraceous
basal disk of abdomen black; tegmina chocolate-brown, apical
area subhyahne, a short basal costal streak which is forked
posteriorly testaceous.

Length escl. tegm. 9i millim

Hah. Kotagiri {Athlnson Coll., Brit. Mus.).

' 2423 Tettigoniella melichari, n. nom.

" Tetti-onia rubromaculata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 156

(1903), uom. prajocc.
Dark golden-yellow ; vertex with a large elongate spot before
each eye and a transverse spot at apex, sanguineous, ocelli black;
pronotum with a transverse arcuate series of tour sanguineous
snots • scutellum with a small obscure basal sanguineous spot
which is often absent; face with the anterior margni narrowly
sanguineous with a small central black spot the latter sometimes
absen ; tegmina with the apical cells dull greyish, subhyahne ;
vertex large and prominent; face laterally transversely striate;

206

.TASSID^.

pronotum finely, transversely M-rinkled, and with a distinct trans-
verse impression a little before anterior margin ; scutellum
transversely impressed before apex.

O Fig. 133. — Tettigoiiiella melichari.

Length inch tegm. 7 to 8 millim. '

Hah. Ceylon; Harogam {Green), Peradeniya {fide MelicJiar).
Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

MeHchar gives the length of this species as 5 millim, ; all the
specimens in my fairly long series, including a Ceylouese example,
measure as above.

0 .

2424. Tettigoniella affinis, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and

ochraceous

' Fig. V3-i.— Tettigoniella offinh.

pronotum with a discal arcuated transverse series of four purplish-
red spots ; tegmina pale greyish-ochraceous with the veins deep

TETTIGOXIELLA. 207

bright oehraceous ; lateral margins o£ the vertex oblique, the apex
obtusely subangularly produced ; scutellum with an obsolete paler
spot near each basal angle, the apical area also a little paler and
preceded by a distinct transverse impression.

Lengtii inch tegm. 7 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Margherita.

This species is allied to T. melicJiari, from which it differs by
the more angularly produced and uuicolorous vertex, the broad
fattened t'ace &c.

C3 2425. Tettigoniella assamensis, DLt. (Tettigonia) Eni. Month. Mag.
xvi, p. 203 (1880) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 100 (1885).

Head pale yellow, with a black fascia occupying the space
between the ocelli ; proaotum creamy-white, the lateral margins
carmine and six black spots situate transversely, the two smaller
near anterior margin and the four larger across the disk ; scutellum
pale yellow with three black spots, two basal and one subapical ;
tegmina pale creamy-white, with a broad longitudinal, subcostal
carmine fascia, commencing near base and extending to about the
middle, a black narrow oblique fascia nearly crossing the tegmen
at base and another at commencement of the carmine fascia, and
five dark fuscous spots situate, one at middle of carmine fascia,
three wide apart longitudinally on disk and one at marginal apex
of the coriaceous portion ; wings dark fuscous, with the apical
margins broadly creamy-white ; abdomen above piceous ; body
beneath piceous ; legs luteous, the tarsi piceous ; face orange-
yellow, with a large crescent-shaped black fascia beyond middle
and a small black spot at its anterior margin ; head rounded in
front, much broader than long and transversely channelled on
disk.

"j Var. Vertex of head stramineous with a bluish-black spot
between the ocelli ; pronotum stramineous, the lateral areas more
or less sanguineous and with foia" small bluish-black discal spots,
of which two are near anterior margin, and the others, closer
together, near basal margin ; scutellum stramineous, with three
bright black spots, two basal and one apical; tegmina creamy-
white, costal area for about half the length of tegmen carmine-red,
apical area pale fuscous ; wings dark fuliginous ; body beneath
black ; head beneath, prosternum and legs pale oehraceous ; margins
of face black ; apices of tibiae and tarsi piceous.

Length inch tegm. 12-13 millim.

Hab. Assam ; Khasi Hills (OoU. Dist. ^- Brit. Mm.).

0

2426. Tettigoniella pytlionis, sp. u.

Vertex of head from base to region of eyes greyishly tomezitose,
where there is a large central black spot with two small black
spots on each side, anterior area and the eyes pale castaneous, a

208 .TASSID^.

central apical black spot ; face greyish-white, its lateral areas
with brownish transverse ridges, a basal spot, posterior sub-
marginal spots, and clypeus, black ,; pronotum greyishly tomentose,
with three large discal spots and four smaller spots near anterior
margin black; seutellum testaceous at base, apical area greyish
and with a large discal black spot ; tegmina testaceous, basal

<J Fig. V^ib.—TtUigunidlapijthonk.

area greyish-white with two black spots, from end of clavus to
near apex of tegmen extending transversely and broadly to anterior
margin the colour is bluish-grey spotted with black, subapical
margins fuscous ; head beneath and sternum greyish ; legs testa-
ceous, anterior tibia?, apices of femora and tarsi black ; abdomen
beneath black, the segmental margins broadly ochraceous.

Length inch tegm. 15 millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

^ 2427. Tettigoniella pavo, Si^n. (Tettigonia) Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr.

1853, p.
(1885).

t. xxii, f. 4 ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 98

" Bluish-black ; head rounded, above bluish-black, beneath
yellow with the face and vertex between the eyes depressed ;
pronotum anteriorly somewhat narrow, yellow, with jS.ve spots or
patches black, of which three are on the anterior margin, and t wo,
corresponding to two on the base of the seutellum, are on the
posterior margin ; tegmina red, brown at the tips and exhibiting
two bluish circles formed of an easily removeable farinose powder,
one of these circles is on the cubital disk near the scutellar angle,
and the other is at the tip, half in the red part of the tegmen and
half in the brown tip ; wings brownish ; abdomen bluish-black

TETTIGONIELLA.

with tlie margins of the segments beneath, yellow :
as iiPr. ferruginea ; legs yellow." {Signoret.)

Length 15 millim.

Hab. Bengal (Jide Signoret).

I have not seen this species.

209

anal appendage

b. Pronotum ^uith transverse fasciate spots.

n 0

2428. Tettigoniella semicircularis, Sic/n. (Tettigonia) Ann. Soc. Ent.
Fr. 1853, p. 348, t. x, f. 5; Atkitis. J. A. S. B, liv, p. 97
(1885).

" Head rounded anteriorly, yellow, with two facial fasciae
united on the clypeus, white ; clypeus and rostrum black ; vertex
with two united half-moons ; a median band, and on each side
two spots, black ; pronotum transverse with two fasciae, the
anterior one narrow and sinuated, the posterior fascia broad,
uniting with the first, and on each side between them a transverse
patch, black ; scutellum with a semicircular fascia proceeding from
the base black ; tegmina fuscous, with a farinose powdery sub-
stance, lateral margins transparent ; abdomen black, with the
sides and borders of the segments yellow, exterior margin pale,
bordered with black ; anus white ; legs yellow." {Signoret.)

Length 5 to 6 millim.

Hab. Pondicherry {fide Signoret).

I have not seen this species.

c'. Pronotum centrally palehj fasciate.
0 2429. Tettigoniella Cornelia, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum pale brownish ; vertex with a

Fig. 136. — Tctikjoniella cornel,

large central anterior spot, a large spot at inner margin oi each

VOL. IV. p

210 JASSID^E.

e3'e, and a spot at area of each ocellus, stramineous, a central
longitudinal and a transverse basal line pale ochraceous, two spots
on anterior margin, a small central discal spot, and the ocelli,
black ; pronotum with three longitudinal fascia) margined wdth
darker brown, the central one straight and pale ochraceous, the
two lateral curved and stramineous ; scutellum with three longi-
tudinal stramineous fasciae, the centi'al broadest, and an angulate
spot of the same colour at each basal angle : face with two black
spots at anterior margin and another marginal spot of the same
colour before each eye, from these spots extends a dark castaneous
oblique line on each side united posteriorly and longitudinally con-
tinued to base, centre of face longitudinally depressed and pale
greyish ; tegmina purplish, the posterior elaval, apical, and basal
costal areas pale ochraceous, costal maigin, veins at basal costal
area, a longitudinal line on apical area and the apical margin,
black ; wings piceous.

Length inch tegm. S millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {DoTierty).

^ 2430. Tettigoniella infecta, sp. n.

Pale fuscous-brown ; vertex considerably irrorated with ochra-
ceous markings, particularly at the anterior and posterior margins ;
ocelli black ; head beneath ochraceous with two black spots on
anterior margin, disk of face pale fuscous, centrally ochraceous,
lateral striations fuscous ; pronotum with the posterior margin, a
central longitudinal fascia, and some indistinct markings near
anterior margin, ochi-aceous ; scutellum with two small dark
discal spots and a central longitudinal ochraceous fascia ; body
beneath and legs ochraceous ; tegmina fuscous suffused more or
less with purplish-brown, elaval and costal margins usually paler
and more ochraceous ; wings blackish ; head transversely foveate,
the anterior and posterior margins prominently ridged.

Length inch tegm. 7 millim.

Hah. Calcutta {Ind. Mus. Sf Coll. Dist.).

^ 243L Tettigoniella helena, sp. n.

Vertex black, a large central apical spot which is notched
posteriorly, a central elongate angulate central spot at base, four
smaller spots in transverse series across disk, and a small basal
spot before each eye, bright yellow ; face very pale ochraceous,
two elongate black spots at base, the lateral areas piceous with
transverse yellow striae ; pronotum brownish, the lateral and
anterior areas shaded wiih black, anterior margin (excluding
centre), transverse spots on lateral areas, a broad central longi-
tudinal fascia, and the posterior margin, yellow ; scutellum yellow,
a large angular spot near each basal angle, two small linear spots
at anterior margin, and four small discal spots pale castaneous ;

TETTIGONIELLA.

211

sterriLun and legs stramineous ; abdomen beneath shaded with
fuscous-brown ; tegmina ochraceous, shaded with fuscous, black,
and purplish, clavus basally mottled with fuscous and with a large
elongate black spot in a])ical area, costal area fuscous, posterior
half more or less shaded witli purplish, basal and apical areas
infuscate, an elongate hyaline costal spot near apex; face centrally
broadly smooth and flattened, lateral areas narrowly transversely
striate ; vertex depressed on each side at inner margins of eyes.

Length inch tegm. G| millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Kandy {Green).

d. Pronotum unspotted, unicolorous, sometimes with a darJcer
central line.

-2432. Tettigoniella spectra, nom. n.

0 Tettigonia albida, Sign, (nee Walk.) Ann. Sac. Ent. Fr. 1853,
p. 663, t. xxi, f. 3 ; StSl, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 117 (1866) ; Kirk.
Entomolof/ist, xxiii, p. 294 (1900) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 157 (1903) ; Kirk. Rep. Evp. Stat. Haw. Plant. Assoc, pt. ix,
p. 319 (1906).

White with a flavous tint, sometimes altogether very pale
flavous ; vertex with four black spots, two central — one at base
and apex, and the other two on the lateral margins near basal

O Fig. 137. — IHtigoniella spectra.

angles of face ; tegmina with the veins very pale fuscous ; body
beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; face darker, with the lateral
margin, a central line, and the transverse striae pale ochraceous.

Length inch tegm. 7 to 11 millim.

Hah. Calcutta {Brit. Sf Ind. Muss.). Sara Ghat {Ind. Mus.).
E. Bengal ; Bajshai {Ind. Mus.), Pusa, Pupri, and Dacca {Lefroy).
Nepal ; Gowchar {Ind. Mus.). Janakpur {Lefroy). Nagpur,
Sural, Palmau, and Muushigan {Lefroy). Bombay {Di.von).

p2

212 jASSii)^.

Ceylon; Peradeniya, Maskeliya {Green). — North Australia {fide

stai).

" Makes itself a great nuisance, swarming round lamps in the
rooms at night." (E. E. Green.)

"Common at the edge of Tanks. — It is able to walk," (N.
Annandcde.) ^

Walker described two species under the name oi Tettigonia
albida, one from Natal, the other from Mexico ; these are not
congeneric with one another, and both quite distinct from the
species described as above.

r d

0 2433. Tettigoniella suhvirescens, Stdl (Tettigonia), Of v. Vet.-Ak.
Fdr/i. 1870, p. 734.

Vertex of head pale tawny, streaked with greyish on the basal
area, at the middle of which there is an elongate black spot and
three black marginal spots, one apical, the others situate a little
in front of eyes ; pronotam virescent, somewhat shaded with
tawny on anterior area ; scuteUum virescent with a large ti^iaiigular
darker spot near each basal angle ; body beneath and legs pale
tawny-brow^n ; tegmina rather bright virescent, the apex and inner
area beyond clavus hyaline ; wings fuliginous, their apices paler ;
vertex large, broad and rounded, distinctly striate on each side of
anterior area ; pronotum transversely striate ; scutellum with a
distinct transverse impression before apical area.

Length inch tegm. 10 millim.

Hab. Assam {Brit. 31us.). Calcutta. Tenasserim ; Myitta
{DoTierty). — Philippines.

"^ 2434. Tettigoniella amalthea, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum, body beneath and legs pale yellowish ; ocelli
piceous ; eyes margined with black ; two minute piceous spots on
anterior margin of face ; clypeus with a central piceous line ;
claws and apical margins to the joints of the posterior tarsi
black ; scutellum laeteous with a slight ochraceous tint ; tegmina
lacteous, a minute black spot at base, costal, posterior, apical and
claval margins very narrowly and indistinctly pale brownish, the
apices of the apical veins of the same colour ; vertex broadly
grooved between the eyes ; scutellum transversely impressed
before the apical area ; face moderately globose and indistinctly
striate on each lateral area.

Length inch tegm. 6^ millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Maskeliysi {Green).

O 2435. Tettigoniella "bellona, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs pale
saffron-yellow ; tegmina golden-yellow, their bases narrowly pale
saffron -yellow ; a prominent black central spot on the anterior

TETTIGONIELLA. 213

margiu of vertex ; ocelli slightly testaceous ; vertex slightly longi-
tudinally ridged on each side, broadly obliquely furrowed; pronotuui
with a slight anterior collar ; clavus indistinctly wrinkled ; face
globose, with a narrow central longitudinal impression, the lateral
areas indistinctly transversely striate.

Length inch tegm. 8 millim.

Hctb. Nilgiri Hills (//aHi^soji). Burma; Kuby Mines (Z>o7ie?-«//).

Mr. Doherty sent me a single specimen of this distinctly
marked species, and another example was in the collection made
in the Nilgiri Hills by Sir George Hampson, and which he kindly
presented to me some years ago.

2436. Tettigoniella iocasta, sp. ii.

Vertex ochraceous with four black spots (two in oblique series
on each side near base), basal margin and inner margins of eyes
stramineous ; pronotum and scutellum very pale tawny, the first
with the anterior margin stramineous ; head beneath ochraceous,
face with a small rounded black spot at base, the lateral areas
orange-yellow ; sternum and legs stramineous ; abdomen beneath
more or less orange-yellow ; tegmina and wings pale creamy-
white, subhyaline, the first with the costal margin narrowly
stramineous ; vertex somewhat large and prominent, the basal
margin ridged ; face globose, centrally smooth, laterally obscurely
striate ; scutellum apparently with two central longitudinal
carinations, but difficult to describe with precision, as the unique
typical specimen is badly pinned at that region.

Lengtii incl. tegm. 7 millim.

Hob. Calcutta.

B. Tegmina longitndinalli/ fasciate.
a. Pronotum with transverse and lateral fascia'.

^ 2437. Tettigoniella rubromaculata, ^V/??. (Tettigouia) Ann.SocEnt.

Fr. 1853, p. G68, t. xxi, f. 11 ; Walk. List Horn. Suppl. p. 218

^ (1858) ; Atkins. J. A. >S. B. liv, p. 101 (1885).

*-^ Tettig-onia cardiualis, Walk, {nee Fabr.) List Horn, in, p. 744

(1851).

Body above deep black ; vertex red with an irregular angular

black mark, including a subquadrate black mark which proceeds

from the posterior margin ; face flat, with two black stripes which

unite on the clypeus, sides tawny ; rostrum piceous ; pronotum

black, with a transverse band and lateral bands red ; scutellum

reddish with a large angulate black spot near each basal angle ;

tegmina black, with pale longitudinal streaks not extended on the

apical area, three of these are sanguineous, one subcostal, one

above claval suture, and the other in claval_ area, between the

upper two is an ochraceous streak becoming duplex beyond

middle, all the streaks above claval suture here and there

214 JASSIDiE.

transversely connected ; wings fuliginous with the veins piceous ;
apex of abdomen testaceous ; sternum and legs testaceous-red ;
abdomen beneath black, with the segmental region and a central
longitudinal line testaceous-red ; vertex transverse, much shorter
than pronotum.

Length inch tegm. 12-14 millim.

Hah. Nepal? {Brit. Mus.). Sikliim {Ind. Mus.). Darjiling
{Goll. DisU).

^ 2438. Tettigoniella dunsiriensis, sp, n.

Head ochraceous ; vertex with two broad elongate black spots
and a small central basal black spot between them ; face with
a quadrate central spot and two sublateral fascise united pos-
teriorly and continued on the clypeus, black ; pronotum ochraceous,
the anterior marginal area palely testaceous, the basal margin and
three central fasciae black, thus apparently enclosing four large
transverse ochraceous spots ; scutellum black, two central linear
spots, apical area, and lateral margins ochraceous ; abdomen
above and beneath piceous, the segmental margins paler ;,
sternum testaceous ; legs ochraceous ; tegmina piceous, the veins
testaceous, a longitudinal claval streak, another above clavus,
and a subcostal streak, sanguineous ; wings fuliginous, the veins
piceous ; face broad, moderately globose, the lateral areas trans-
versely striate ; pronotum centrally transversely wrinkled ;
scutellum profoundly impressed before apical area, the apex
thickened ; posterior tibiae thickly finely spinulose.

Length excl, tegm. 7 millim. ; exp. tegm. 19 miUim.

Hah. Dunsiri Valley ( CoJl. Dist.).

D

2439. Tettigoniella pupula, Kirby (Tettigonia), /. Linn. Soc, Zool.
xxiv, p. 169, t. vi, f. 10 (1891) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 155 (1903).

" Head orange-red above, with a large oval black spot on the
hind border and a smaller black spot in front, just visible from
above ; pronotum red on the sides in front, a middle stripe
widening behind, and the hind border black ; scutellum with
a wide testaceous band in the middle and black on the sides ;
face and under surface of body testaceous ; a stripe on each
side of the face, the knees, and front tibiae at least, red ; tegmina
black for two-thirds of their length and fuscous beyond, inclining
to fusco-hyaline on the edges, the inner margin is broadly
bordered M-ith red nearly as far as the black colour extends,
and the base of the costa is also more or less red." (Kv-hy.)

"Length inch tegm. 5 millim."

Hah. Ceylon; Pundaluoya (Green, Brit. Mus.).

I only know this species by the unique type in the British
Museum.

a'ETTIGONIELLA. 215

b. Pronotum with transverse fascue.

2440. Tettigoniella marpessa, sp. n.

Vertex ochraceous, with two black spots before anterior
margin; face with a central black spot at base, on each side
of this spot a transverse dark line reaching eyes, a sublateral
line on each side united posteriorly and continued on clypeus
fuscous-brown; pronotum ochraceous with two transverse black
fasciae, one near anterior margin straight, the other before base
and arcuate, near each lateral margin a short oblique black line ;
scutellum pale testaceous, a black spot at each basal angle, and
the lateral margins narrowly black ; body beneath and legs
stramineous ; tegmina ochraceous, claval margins, a central
claval streak, apex, and very broad costal area black, the apical
area with paler markings ; face prominent, its disk flattened,
the lateral areas narrowly strongly obliquely striate ; scutellum
deflected to apical area, before which it is strongly transversely
impressed.

Length incl. tegm. 5 millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta (DoJierty).

c. Pronotum ivith longitudinal fascial

2441. Tettigoniella qnadrilineata. Sign. (Tettio-onia) Ann. Soc. Ent.

Fr. 1853, p. 669, t. xxi, f. 12 ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 101
(1885).

Head, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous ; vertex with two
central black longitudinal fasciae ; face with two small quadran-
gular spots at anterior margin and two larger oblong spots before
clypevis, black, marginal spots to face and the clypeus black ;
pronotum with two broad central longitudinal fasciae parallel
wdth those on vertex and a submarginal fascia on each side
black ; scutellum with three black spots ; sternum and legs
ochraceous, bases of tibiae and apices of tarsi black ; abdomen
beneath dark ochraceous, with transverse black spots ; tegmina
red or testaceous, with narrow, interrupted, longitudinal black
lines, tegminal apices paler.

Length incl. tegm. 12 millim.

Hah. Nilgiri Hills (Hampson).

d. Pronotum more or less maculate.

2442. Tettigoniella iniBlammata, sp. n.

Sulphur-yellow, sometimes with a testaceous tint ; vertex with
two broad oblique black fasciae fused at base ; pronotum with a
central transverse series of four black spots, sometimes (as in

216

the specimen figured) more or Jess fused ; scutellum with a large
black spot at each basal angle ; tegmina with the costal mai-gin
much widened beyond middle, a broad apical margin, and two

C7 Fig. 138. — Tettigoniella inflammata.

longitudinal fascise black, of the latter one is above and the
other in claval area, and neither reach the base ; lateral margins
of face and the clypeus black ; femora, apices of tibiae, large
sternal spots, and the abdomen beneath black, the latter with the
segmental margins narrowly ochraceous ; vertex robust, trans-
versely foveate between eyes ; pronotum roundly depressed
anteriorly ; scutellum with a sharp transverse incision before
apical area ; tegmina moderately smooth.

Length inch tegm. 12-12| niillim.

Hah. Assam ; Margherita {Doherty).

6 2443. Tettigoniella sulphurata, sp. n.

Yellow, of a sulphureous tint ; vertex with three black spots,
one transverse at apex and two round at base ; eyes black ;
pronotum with six black spots, three near anterior and three
at posterior margin, the latter sometimes fused ; scutellum with
three large black spots, one at each basal angle and the other
at apex ; tegmina with the costal margin abruptly widened before
apex, two broad longitudinal fasciae, and the apical margin black,
of the two longitudinal fasciae one is central but not reaching
base, the other extends along posterior claval margin to apex ;
face with an elongate spot on each side and a spot before clypeus
black ; abdomen beneath with transverse black spots ; legs more
or less banded with black ; vertex transversely foveate ; pro-
notum centrally ridged near anterior margin, behind which

TETTiaONIELLA. 217

it is transversely impressed ; tegmina finely wrinkled and
obscurely punctate.

Length incl. tegm. 11 millim.

Hah. Burma ; Ruby Mines (Dohertij). — W. Yunnan (Anderson).

0 2444. Tettigoniella indiga, sp. n.

Head, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous ; vertex with four
discal black spots ; head beneath ochraceous, lateral margins
of face interrupted anteriorly, black ; clypeus with a central
black line ; pronotum with four discal spots and the sublateral
margins black ; scutellum with a black spot near each basal
angle ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, bases of tibiae, and
tarsi (excluding bases) blacli; ; sternum and abdomen beneath with
transverse black spots ; tegmina ochraceous or testaceous, with
interrupted narrow black longitudinal lines, their apices black or
luteous.

Var. Pronotum and scutellum without the black spots.

Length incl. tegm. 11-12 millim.

Hah. Nilgiri Hills (Hamj)son).

^ 2445. Tettigoniella sandaracata, sp. u.

Vertex of head sanguineous, a looped, central, submarginal line
ou each side of apex, a triangular spot at base and the areas of
the ocelli, piceous ; pronotum fuscous-brown, with a transverse
series of four red spots, the marginal spots notched ; scutellum
fuscous-brown, with four small basal marginal spots and the apex
red ; tegmina very pale fuscous, the claval area dark fuscous-
brown, a costal fascia, an inner claval marginal fascia, and some
spots before apical area red, extreme costal and claval margins
black ; wings dark fuliginous or piceous ; liead, body beneath and
legs fuscous-brown ; a central longitudinal fascia to face and the
anterior and intermediate legs (more or less) red, a central black
spot to face on its anterior margin.
O Var. a. Abdomen beneath red.
0 Var. h. Tegmina above clavus (excepting base and apex) red.

Length incl. tegm. 9|-10 millim.

Hab. Nilgiri Hills (Hampson). Burma ; Ruby Mines {Doherty).

^ 2446. Tettigoniella sikMmensis, sp, n,

Vertex of head black, with three large red spots, the central
spot bifid posteriorly, the other spots at inner margins of eyes;
pronotum black with a transverse series of four large red spots,
the two lateral spots notched anteriorly ; scutellum red with two
triangular black spots at base ; tegmina black, the discal veins
yellow, and with three longitudinal red fascias, one subcostal,
another above clavus, and the third in clavus, the two upper
fasciae do not extend into the apical area ; head beneath red.

218 JASSID.E.

margins of face black ; body beneath and legs brownish-ochraceous,
anterior and intermediate femora and tibiae testaceous ; vertex
moderately narrowed anteriorly, but the lateral margins at base
not on a line with the outer margins of eyes.

Length inch tegni. 12 millim.

Hah. Sikhim (Atkinson Coll., Brit. Mus.).

L 2447. Tettigoniella habilis, sp. n.

Vertex of head and pronotam testaceous ; vertex with two
spots on apical margin and a central bifid spot near base black ;
pronotum with a narrow central transverse anterior marginal spot
and the basal margin before scutellum black ; scutellum black ;
tegmina testaceous, their apices fuliginous, with the costal and
claval margins black, the costal margin more broadly black from
about one-third from base ; wings piceous ; body beneath and
legs reddish-ochraceous ; a black spot near each anterior coxa ;
disks of the abdominal segments somewhat greyish ; vertex
robust, a distinct basal ridge between and behind the ocelli ;
tegmina almost smooth.

Length inch tegm. 12 millim.

Hub. Nilgiri Hills {Uampson).

(S ^

° 2448. Tettigoniella mutata, Melich. (Tettigonia) Ham. Faun. Ceylon,

p. 155 (1903).
Head, pronotiiin and scutellum pale ochraceous ; vertex with

Tettigoniella mutata.

three black linear transverse spots at anterior margin, and a large
central basal piceous spot, on each side of which is a short
sanguineous line ; pronotum with a broad central longitudinal

TETTIGOmELLA.

219

^

triangular piceous fascia, the anterior margin speckled with
the same colour, on each side of the base of the central fascia
is an oblique bluish spot ; scutellum with two black spots at
base • bodv beneath and legs stramineous ; face with an anterior
spot and a curved black line before each eye; tegmina sub-
hyaline claval area with an interior submarginal dark line, an
infuscate posterior and anterior fascia, and a minute piceous spot
at its apex ; apices of the tarsi piceous.
Length inch tegm. d & $ 5|-6 miUim. -,. ,, i

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Nura-Ehya, Wehgama, Ivauthaiey,
Pattipola (Mus. Hongrois).

e. Pronotum imicolorous, imspotted.

2449. Tettigoniella alcmena, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum sordidly greyish ; vertex with
a large discal spot enclosing the ocelli and reaching base, and two
small transverse spots on anterior margin black ; eyes black ;
lateral margins of pronotum narrowly black; body beneath sordidly
arevish, the lateral marginal areas of face, the clypeus, legs and
fateral margins of abdomen ochraceous ; anterior tibiaj with black
longitudinal hnes ; tegmina lacteous, the veins, a broad discal
lon<^itudinal fascia extending from near base to about middle,
posterior margins of clavus, and a longitudinal spot near its
apex, tawny-brown ; apex of scutellum tawny-brown ; wings pale
lacteous, semihyaline; face transversely striate on each lateral
area ; scutellum transversely depressed before apical area, which
is moderately gibbous.

Length inch tegm. 6 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Margherita {Coll. List.).

D

2450. Tettigoniella? ceylonica, Melkh. (Tettigouia) Horn. Faun.
Ceylon, p. 156 (1903).

"Whole body above and beneath pale yellowish; eyes brown,
on the front at each side near anterior margin a black dot, and a
similar much smaller dot on the tip of the front where it passes
into the forehead, the surface of the first in the middle faintly
transversely deepened, on the transverse furrow he the large and
sometimes brownish ocelh ; in middle of posterior margin ot pro-
notum is a black dot, which is usually very smal ; tegmma
hyaline, pale vellowish, with tender yellowish veins, the terminal
marginal vein brown to black, membrane hya me ; legs pale
yellowish ; the dorsum commonly orange-yeilowish. {Mdichar.)

" Length c? & ? 5 to 5i millim."

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Henaratgoda {fide Mehchar).

Unknown at present to the writer.

220 JASSID^.

2451. Tettigoniella ? fuscovenosa, Melich. (Tettisronia) Hovi. Faun.
Ce?//o«, p. 157 (1903).

"Very similar to T. ceylonica ; liead, pronotum, and scutellum
pale yellowish ; a small triangular dot in the middle of hind
border o£ vertex ; ocelli, a small dot at tip of front, the suture of
the forehead from the margin of the front to the cavity of the
wings on each side black ; hind border of pronotum narrowly
margined with black, and on each side of pronotum a short
transverse streak ; tegmina dirty-white, the veins and the costal
and terminal veins brown to black; underside and legs pale
yellowish, the spinules of the posterior tibiae black ; claws brown ;
on the scutellum a small black triangle." (Melichar.)

'• Length d & $ 6 millim."

Mab. Ceylon ; Pattipola, Bandarawella (Jide Melicliar).

Not found in any of the collections I have received from
Ceylon.

2452. Tettigoniella ? exigua, Melich. (Tettigonia) Horn. Faun.
Ceylon, p. 158 (1903).

"A very small slenderVy^g^ii^ojuVt, reminding one of a Typhlo-
cyha ; black above, pale yellow beneath ; front triangularly
produced anteriorly, anterior border rounded to the forehead,
arched above and marked with black, the black markings narrowed
anteriorly so that the borders of the front before the eyes remain
free, it is lengthened on tip of front and sends a short process on
tip of forehead, on the process are two approximate pale yellow
spots which are indented on the outer side, in the small concavity
lie the small vitreous ocelli, in the neck a rusty-yellow middle
streak which is produced on the pronotum and scutellum ; pro-
notum as long as the front, anteriorly shallowly rounded ; tip of
scutellum usually rusty-yellow ; face narrow, longish, arched, with
indistinct transverse stripes ; antennae pale j^ellow • eyes black ;
tegmina narrow, long, piceous-brown to black, costal margin
bordered with yellow, interrupted behind the middle by the black
ground-colour, at end of yellow border a white triangular marginal
spot separated from the yellow^ border by an oblique red dash,
membrane piceous, coucolorous with the tegmina ; wings slightly
shining, fuliginous ; underside and legs pale yellowish-white ;
claws brown." {Melichar.)

" Length J & § 4 milhm."

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Colombo {fide Melicliar).

I cannot adjust this description wdth any species I have received
from Cevlon.

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0 ,^

2453. Tettigoniella? gagatina, Melieh. (Tettigonia) Horn. Faun.

Ceylon, ^. 159 (1903).

" Upperside black ; underside and legs pale yellowish, the black
markings of the front divided into four longitudinal stripes by
five pale yellow longitudinal lines, the middle stripes at the
anterior end with a pale yellow transverse streak, the middle line
most distinctly developed, the lateral ones correspond to tlie side
mai'gins of the face, the middle ones are usually suffused centrally;
eyes black ; costal margin of tegmina narrowly produced with
pale ^yellowish to middle, in middle black, behind which is a
conical-shaped, in front more pointed, behind broader, marginal
spot, divided by an obHque black line, at the inner angle of the
marginal spot is a crescent-shaped hyaline transverse spot more
convex in front, apical margin, which is broadly rounded and in
middle slightly excavated, narrowly bordered with pale white ;
back black ; legs pale yellowish ; claws dark." {Melichar.)

" Length S 5 milhm."

Hah. Ceylon; VattiYtolta {fide Melichar).

I do not know this species.

0 O

2454. Tettigoniella ? festiva, Melieh. (Tettigonia) Horn. Faun

Ceylon, p. 159 (1903).

" Pront black, a heart-shaped spot at tip, a small triangular
spot in tfie middle of the posterior border of the front, on each
side a spot on the front posterior high corner, and a spot on the
inner side of the ocelli yellowish ; forehead and face yellowish,
with the heart-shaped spot hanging together in the tip of the
front, on sides blackish ; antennae pale yellow ; in middle of
pronotum a spit-shaped pale yellowish longitudinal fascia, hind
margin of pronotum in the middle bordered with yellowish, at
sides of laminae several small dots ; tegmina carmine-red, at base
and on clavus spotted with dark brown and pale, veins blackish,
membrane black ; underside and legs pale yellowish. Distinguished
by its special size." {Melichar.)

" Length 7 millim."

Hab. Ceylon ; Colombo {fide 3felichar).

I have not seen this species.

>./?i d.

0 Genus BHANDARA, nov.

ype, B. semiclani, Sign.

Distribution. Tenasserim and Malayan Subregion.

Vertex of head broad, rounded in front, the lateral margins
almost level with the inner margins of eyes, disk bi'oadly foveate
where it is centrally longitudinally impressed ; face broad, mode-
rately globose, its disk flattened and its lateral areas transversely

222 JASSID.E.

striate ; clypeus prominent and compressed ; pronotiim with the
anterior mai-gin moderately rounded and centrally truncate, the
posterior margin distinctly concavely sinuate, latei-al margins
almost straight ; scutelkim broad, a little raised on basal area ;
tegmiua long and narrow, inner and outer margins parallel, apices
rounded, four apical areas ; anterior tibiae strongly haired in-
teriorly ; posterior tibiae thickly finely spinulose.

, Soc. Ent. Fr.

222 (] 858).

02455, Bhandara semiclara, Sign. ^Tettigonia) A)m
1853, p. 666, t. xxi, f. 9.
OTettigonia sanguiflua, Walk. List Horn. Suppl. p.

Vertex of head bluish-black with the anterior margin ochraceous ;
pronotum ochraceous, the anterior area and the basal margin
bluish-black ; scutellum bluish-black, the apex dull sanguineous ;
face testaceous, lateral margins from beyond eyes bluish-black ;
body beneath and legs ochraceous or testaceous ; tegmina pale
ochraceous siibhyaline, a much angulated longitudinal carmine-red
fascia occupying clavus and continued to near apex, its angulations

0 Fig. 140. — Bhandara semiclara.

transverse, near centre of clavus a large bluish-black spot; vertex
foveate at base, posterior tibiae somewhat longly spiuose.

Length inch tegm. 11 millim,

Hab. Tenasserim ; Myitta (Dohertij). Mergui (Colls. DisU ^•
Incl. Mus.). — Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra.

The figure and description is taken from Mergui specimens
which are constant in character. A considerable amount of colour
variation is found among Malayan examples of the species.

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(^ Genus KOLLA, nov.

Distribution. Britisli India, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago.

Allied to ^i^ettigoniella but differing by the structure of the
vertex of the head, which is subconically narrowed anteriorly with
the lateral margins in a line with the outer margins of the eyes,
near the inner margin of the eyes the vertex is also more or less
foveate ; face with the lateral areas somewhat strongly trans-
versely striate and centrally longitudinally smooth and flattened.

A. Tegmina xvitlipaU costal margins, hut not longitudinally
fasciate.

02456. KoUa insignis, sp. n.

Vertex of head ochraceous, two large spots on anterior margin
united anteriorly, three central angulate spots connected by
oblique lines, and a transverse spot in front of each eye, black ;
pronotum bronzy-black with a waved transverse ochraceous fascia
near anterior margin ; scutellum ochraceous with a large black
spot at each basal angle ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ;
anterior margin of face with a transverse black fascia enclosing a

O Fig. 141. — Kolla insic/ftis.

small ochraceous spot at middle ; tegmina bronzy-black, the costal
area ochraceous ; scutellum with a strong transverse impression
before apical area ; pronotum finely transversely striate.

Length inch tegm. 7 millim.

Bab. Kurseoug {Ind. Mus.) ; Bhim Tal, Kumaon (Annandale) ;
Katmandu.

224 JASsiCE.

O 2457. KoUa unimaculata, Sign. (Tettigonia) Ann. &oc. Ent. Fr. 1854,
p. 26; Stal, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1870, p. 734; Atkins. J. A.
S. £. liv, p. 99 (1885).
C'Tettigonia paulula, Walk. List Horn. Suppl. p. 219 (1858) ; Melich.

Hom.Fuun. Ceylon, p. 154 (1903).
C Tettigonia kiubergi, Stal, Freg. Fug. Resa, Ins. p. 288 (1859),
CCTettigonia igniceps, Walk. Joiu-n. Linn. Soc, Zool. x,p. 304 (1869).

Head, pronotum and scutellum pale testaceous ; vertex with
two somewhat large spots on anterior margin and two very small
spots on disk, black ; eyes black ; basal margin of pronotum black,
triangularly produced at its middle ; scutellum with two elongate
basal black spots ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, sometimes
more or less stramineous ; tegmiua black, the costal area very
broadly stramineous ; pronotum anteriorly somewhat slightly
rugulose; scutellum with- a strong transverse impression before
apical area.

Length incl. tegm. 5-6 millim.

Bab. Calcutta (Ind. Mus.). Burma ; Eaby Mines {Dohertg).
Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doheriy). — Malacca ; Philippines ; Tlores
{Brit. Mus.).

02458. KoUa vesta, sp. n.

Vertex very pale ochraceous, with a transverse sinuate line
before apex which is connected with a central longitudinal line,
piceous, margins of ocelli piceous; face ochraceous, a central
longitudinal fascia and extreme lateral margins stramineous, a
central black spot at base : inner margins of eyes beneath black ;
pronotum purplish-grey, anterior area ochraceous, a transverse
piceous spot near each lateral margin ; scutellum purplish-grey,
the lateral margins ochraceous ; body beneath saffron-yellow, the
legs stramineous ; tegmiua purplish-grey, the costal area to about
middle ochraceous, remaining costal area and apex subhyaline ;
vertex somewhat short, transverse, the lateral margins in a line
with the eyes, the disk moderately depressed ; face centrally smooth
and flattened, the lateral areas broadly transversely striate.

Length incl. tegm. 5| millim.

Hah. Kangra Yalley {Dudgeon, Coll. Dist.).

(^2459. KoUa lineatus, sp. n.

Pale brownish-ochraceous ; vertex with a black central discal spot ;
pronotum with a central longitudinal fuscous fascia, the lateral
margins narrowly of the same colour; tegmina with the veins and
margins fuscous ; face centrally ochraceous, the lateral areas
purplish-brown, a shining black spot at middle of basal margin,
and a black spot near inner margin of each eye ; legs ochraceous,
finely streaked with fuscous ; vertex subangulate, the lateral
margins in an oblique line with the outer margins of eyes ; face

KOLLA. 225

narrowly centrally smooth and flattened, the lateral areas broadly
obliquely striate.

Length inch tegm. 7 milliin.

Huh. Ceyloa ; N. C. Province ( Green).

O 2460. KoUa mimica, sp. n.

Vertex and pronotum virescent, sometimes more or less whitely
tomentose ; vertex with three discal black spots iu transverse
series, one central, the others surrounding each ocellus ; scutellum
more or less yellowish, sometimes with a distinct dark longitudinal
line; body beneath and legs virescent, becoming more or less
ochraceous in older and discoloured specimens ; tegmina greyish-
white, the veins either distinctly or very faintly and obsoletely
infuscate ; face centrally narrowly smooth and flattened, laterally
broadly transversely striate, the striae and the margins of the
central longitudinal smooth interruption more or less infuscate, a
small black basal spot near inner margin of each eye ; wings pale
lacteous, semihyaline.

Length inch tegm. 5-6 millim.

Hah. Calcutta ; Bengal ; Pusa {Lefroy).

This species has a close resemblance in colour, markings and
variation to QTeftif/onieUa spectra, Dist. It is, however, to be
generically separated by the angular vertex, the lateral margins of
which are in a line with tlie outer margin of the eyes.

B. Tegmina longitudinally fasciate.

02461. Kolla mungpliueiisis, sp. u.

Head, pronotum and scutellum bright yellow ; vertex with two
large black spots, one ac base, the other at apex ; eyes black ;
scutellum with a large black spot near each basal angle; head
beneath pale yellow, face with a central, longitudinal, narro\\-
black fascia ; body beneath imperfectly seen owing to the typical
specimen being in a carded condition ; legs pale tawny ; tegmina
greyish subhyaline, with two longitudinal castaneous fasciae, one
in clavus, the other subcostal; base of costal margin narrowly
black.

Length inch tegm. 6^ millim.

Hah. Sikhim ; Mungphu {AtJcinson Coll., Brit. 3Iiis.).

02462. Kolla opponens. Walk. (Tettigoma) List Han. [11,^.757 (18ol);

%n. Ann. Sac. Ent. Fr. 1853, p. 667, t. xxi, f. 10 ; Atkins.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 102 (1885).

Testaceous-red ; vertex with two spots on anterior margin and
a transverse spot at base black ; pronotum with a broad anterior

TOL. IV. Q

226 JASSID.E.

margin, centrally connected with an angulated basal margin, black ;
scutellum with a large black spot in each basal angle; tegmina
with the costal and claval margins and a broad discal longitudinal
fascia, commencing a little beyond base and extending to apex,
black ; face and clypeus black, the former with a central testaceous
spot ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous, abdomen beneath
with transverse black fasciae ; sternum with lateral black spots.

Length inch tegm. 8-9 millim.

Hah. "North India" (Warivich, Brit. Mus.). Assam; Mar-
gherita {Doherty). Kurseong {lad. Mus.) ; Darjiling {Coll. Dist.) ;
Bhim Tal, Kumaon {Annandale). Burma; Kuby Mines {Dolierty).

(02463. KoUa canidia, sp. n.

Vertex ochraceous, two united spots on anterior margin, a
transverse spot at base, and the eyes, black ; pronotum black with
two large transverse discal luteous spots (scutellum mutilated in
typical specimen) ; face black, centrally luteous, cheeks luteous ;
body beneath black, legs luteous ; tegmina sanguineous, anterior,
posterior and claval margins, apex, and a broad discal longitudinal
fascia, commencing at about one-third from base, black ; vertex
short, rounded in a line with the eyes ; pronotum with a slight
anterior collar.

Length inch tegm. 7 millim.

Hah. Sikhim {Coll. Dist.).

02464. KoUa gregalis, sp. n.

Sanguineous ; vertex with a large spot at apex and tvvo small
spois at base black ; pronotum with a central longitudinal fascia,
widened anteriorly and connected with a broad basal margin,
black ; scutellum black with a central sanguineous spot ; tegmina
piceous, with two broad longitudinal sanguineous fasciae, one near
costal and the other near inner margin ; wings fuliginous ; head
beneath testaceous, face broadly margined with black; sternum
and abdomen beneath black; legs brownish.

Allied to K. opjionens. Walk., but a broader and differently
marked and coloured species.

Length incl. tegm. 7|-8 millim.

Hah. Assam {Coll. Dist.) ; Shillong {Ind. Mus.) ; Darjiling
(Brunetti).

EUACANinUS.

227

/ 1^ Genus EUAQANTHUS.

^^ Evacanthus, Lep. ^- Serv. Eac. Meth. x, p. G12 (1825).
© Amblycephaliis, Curtis, Brit. Entomol. xii, p. 572 (1835) ; Edwards,

Tr.E. 5'. 1888, p. 13.
/ ""Euacanthus, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii, p. 116 (1835).
/^ Eucanthus, Van JDuzSe, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi, p. 281 (1894).

>/tType, S. intemiptus, Linn., a Palsearctic species.

DistrihiUion. Palfearctic and Oriental Eegions. Probably much
more widely distributed.

Face longitudinally carinate ; vertex with an anchor-shaped
ridge, crossed about its apical third by a more or less distinct
straight ridge, which runs from near one ocellus to the other ; on
each side of the base a callus or a short outwardly oblique keel,
the lateral and apical margins strongly reflexed; pronotum
rouuded anteriorly, the anterior margin truncate between the
eyes, lateral margins nearly straight, posterior margin moderately
sinuate; scutellum broadly subtriangular, with a transverse
impressed line before the apical area ; other characters generally

as in Tettigoniella
V ^ 2465

^

Euacanthus extremus, Walk. (Tettigonia) List Horn, iii, p. 761
(1851); ^iqn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1853, p. 663, t. xxi, f. 4;
Sttd (Euacanthus), Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. p. 495 (1862) ; Dist.
Sci. Res. 2nd Yark. Miss. p. 15 (1879) ; Atkins. (Tettigonia)
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 100 (1885).

Vertex of head black, the lateral and anterior margins and the

^OFig. 142. — Euacanthus extremus.

anterior portion of the central ridge ochraceous, lateral basal areas
stramineous ; pronotum stramineous, with a broad central fascia

q2

228 jAssiD^.

and two lateral spots which sometimes occupy the whole of the
lateral areas black ; scutellum black ; tegmina piceous, the costal
and inner and sometimes the whole of the claval margins stra-
mineous, the apical areas sometimes much paler; body beneath
and legs ochraceous ; wings bronzy brown.

Length inch tegm. 7| to 8 millim.

Hah. " North India "'( Wanvicl^ Brit. Mus.) ; Murree {StoUczka).

Walker's type is here figured.

246^Euacaiithus repexus, sp, n.

Black ; anterior and posterior margins of vertex and extreme
lateral and posterior margins of pronotum ochraceous ; legs
ochraceous ; tegmina black, costal, inner, and claval margins
narrowly ochraceous or stramineous ; face black, smooth, with a
distinct central longitudinal ridge ; vertex of the head with the
ridges fine but very distinct ; pronotum finely transversely striate ;
scutellum strongly transversely impressed before apical area ;
tegmina finely punctate, the whole upper surface very sparingly
pubescent ; posterior tibiae finely but rather longly spiuulose.
V Vcir. Tegmina with three pale hnes in claval area, and with the
costal margin more broadly ochraceous or stramineous.

Length inch tegm. 7 to 7| milhm.

Hah. Sikhim ; Kurseong \lnd. Mus.).

/ ^ ^' Qenus BUNDERA, nov.

Crftl^ ^ Type, B. venata, Dist.

Distribution. Tenasserim.

Vertex about as long as breadth between eyes :, the lateral
margins sinuate at inner margins of eyes, anteriorly rounded,
centrally longitudinally carinate, and with two oblique cari-
nations,' which, commencing at inner margins of eyes, are united
a little before apex ; face elongate, globose, centrally longitudinally
carinate : pronotum slightly shorter than vertex, narrowed ante-
riorly, the anterior margin convex, the posterior margin slightly
sinuate ; scutellum broad, subtriangular ; tegmina longer than the
abdomen, costal margin distinctly rounded, apical areas four ; legs
slender, posterior tibi* thickly spinulose.

2467. ^undera venata, sp. n.

Vertex ochraceous, with a large black discal spot ; a small black
spot on each side of anterior margin, and between them a small
pale brownish spot ; a minute dark spot on each side of posterior
margin a little before eyes ; face pale ochraceous, a black spot on
each side of antex'ior margin, the central carination brownish ;
body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; pronotum black, the

229

lateral margins ochraceous; scutellum black, the lateral and
apical margins ochraceous ; tegmina black, the costal area and the
basal and sutural margins (narrowly) ochraceous, apical area some-
what opaque ; vertex a little globose, the carinations distinct and

^*i«.

g. 143. — Bundcm venata.

prominent ; pronotum discally finely transversely striate, laterally
deflected, the posterior angles a little roundly prominent ; lateral
and apical margins of the scutellum ridged; tegmina with the
black discal area very finely wrinkled.

Length inch tegm. 4| raillim.

Hah. Teuasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

A.

y -^ Genus MAINDA, noAv

^'^'^^Type, M. prceculta, Dist.

Distribution. British India.

Vertex about as long as breadth at base, the anterior margin
somewhat acute, but as seen from above with the base of face,
rounded as in figure of type, centrally traversed with two fine
longitudinal ridges which angularly diverge at base, lateral margins
at inner margins of eyes sinuate ; ocelli near posterior margin ;
face elongate, a little narrowed posteriorly, centrally longitudinally
finely carinate, its posterior margin truncate ; clypeus somewhat
long and posteriorly narrowed ; pronotum about as long or very
slightly longer than vertex, the lateral margins oblique, faintly
centrally longitudinally carinate ; scutellum broadly subtriangular ;
tegmina longer than abdomen, apical areas four, moderately
narrowed at apices, claval veins inwardly curved ; legs somewhat
slender, posterior tibiae thickly spinulose.

230 JASSID^.

2468. Mainda praeculta, sp. n.

Vertex pale ochraceous, ^\ith four black spots arranged in pairs,
two at base and two nearer apex ; anterior margin and base of face
as seen from above, both narrowly piceous ; face pale ochraceous,
a piceous fascia on each side of central carination and a sublateral
fascia on each side of the same colour ; margins of the clypeus
piceous ; a black spot on the cheeks behind each eye ; pronotum
fuscous brown, the margins and a central line ochraceous ; scu-
tellum pale ochraceous, a subangulate spot near each basal angle,

^ Fig. IM.— Mahida prcBCulta.

a central line diverging posteriorly, and a minute subapical spot,
black or piceous ; tegmina ochraceous, thickly marked and mottled
with piceous (the figure shows these markings better than words
can describe them, but they consist principally of longitudinal
basal streaks, three transverse fasciae, and a broad apical margin) ;
body beneath and legs ochraceous, apices of posterior tibiae and
bases of posterior tarsi piceous.

Length incl. tegm. 8 miUim.

Hah. N.W. India ; Kumaon (Annandale).

e^^;fA

0 Genus PISACHA, nov.

ype, P. pnmitiva, Dist.

Distribution. Burma, Tenasserim.

Vertex of head about as long as space between eyes, anteriorly
narrowed, centrally broadly sulcate on basal half ; ocelli placed on
posterior disk, a little farther apart from each other than from
eyes ; face narrow, elongate, narrowed posteriorly, finely centrally
earinate, strongly transversely ridged on each side ; pronotum with

PI8ACHA.

231

the lateral margins nearly straight, posterior margin strongly
concavely sinuate ; scutellum transversely impressed before apical
area ; legs moderately slender, tibise finely spinulose ; teginina
elongate, apical cells four, innermost largest, a discal transverse
vein almost level with apex of clavus.

02469. Pisacha primitiva, sp. n.

Golden-yellow; legs pale stramineous; apical area of tegmma
grevish-white, with the veins golden-yellow ; vertex with two
black spots at base, two farther apart near middle, and the

QVig. lid.— Pisacha primitiva.

margins of the ocelli also black ; the margins of the sulcation to
vertex distinctly ridged; anterior area of pronotum coarsely
rugosely wrinkled ; face granulose, laterally shortly coarsely trans-
versely ridged ; posterior tibiae thickly finely spinulose.

Length inch tegm. 9 to 10 millim. .

Hah. Burma ; Euby Mines {Doherty). Tenasserim ; Myitta
{Doherty).

Q 2470. Pisacha pallescens, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs stramineous ;
te^miua greyisb.-white, subhyaline, with the base narrowly stra-
mfneous ; vertex ^vith two small black spots on the apical margin,
margins of the o-elli black ; vertex almost centrally sulcate from,
base to apex ; pronotum with an arcuate ridge on anterior area :

2ii2 JASSID^.

scutellum very finely wrinkled ; face very indistinctly centrally
longitudinally carinate.

Length incl. tegm, 8 millim.

Hab. Tenasserim ; Myitta (Dolierty).

Mr. Doherty sent me three specimens of this species from
Tenasserim. t have not yet seen it from Burma.

\/^ Genus SIGNORETIA.

VSignoretia, Stal, Frerj. Ewj. Resa, p. 289 (1858) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B.
liv, p. 91 (1885) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 159 (1903).

vOType, S. malaya, Stal.

Distribution., British India and Malay Peninsula.

Body elongate ; vertex with eyes as broad as pronotum, ante-
riorly rounded, semilunate, subconcave, posteriorly transversely
carinate ; face large, convex, centrally longitudinally strongly
ridged ; ocelh placed marginally in foveas a little in front of eyes ;
pronotum longer than broad, anteriorly semicircularly rounded
and produced between eyes, posteriorly subconvex, anteriorly
moderately depressed, and before apex with two approximate
transverse carinations ; scutellum small, triangular ; tegmina
longer than the abdomen, a series of transverse veins before apical
area, apical cells four; legs of moderate length, posterior tibiae
finely spinulose.

2471VSigiioretia malaya, »S'^,?z9;Thamnotettix), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork.
1855, p. 192 ; id. (Signoretia) Fre(/. Fug. Resa, p. 290, t. iv,
f. 9, a, b (1858) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 91 (1885).

"Whitish with a virescent tint, vertex and body beneath with
an ochraceous tint ; the tarsi and the anterior and intermediate
tibiae more or less distinctly virescent ; veins to tegmina sub-
fuscous, entire clavus, space between costa and the second longi-
tudinal vein, also some of the other veins on both sides, somewhat
roughly punctate ; pronotum strongly foveately impressed before
anterior margin, its surface finely grauulose, two short central
longitudinal ridges on anterior disk ; in most specimens the
transverse carination to vertex has a small dark central spot ;
face transversely ridged on each side.

Length incl. tegm. 7 millim.

^a6. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty). Mergui {Coll. Dist.).
— Malacca.

2472.^Sigroretia aureola, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum stramineous, two black spots
on vertex and another on anterior area of pronotum ; body
beneath and legs golden-yelloAv, basal area of abdomen beneath
castaneous; tegmina golden-yellow, a large spot at base and the
apical area greyish-white, the latter with the vein ^ golden-yellow ;

SIGNOREXIA.

233

pronotum finely granulose, anteriorly subfoveate on each side
and more distinctly so centrally ; face convex, transversely ridged
on each side and strongly longitudinally carinate.

Fig. 146. — Siijiioretia aureola.

v^Var. a. The two black spots on vertex present, but the spot on

pronotum absent.
y ^Var. h. Vertex and pronotum unspotted.

Length incl. tegiu. 9 millim.

Hah. Burma ; Euby Mines {Doherty).

24739 Signoretia greeni, sp. u.

Vertex of head chocolate-brown, a ceutral longitudinal fascia,

Fig. 147. — Signoretia greeni.

two central spots at base, basal lateral margins, and a spot at
inner margin of each eye, pale ochraceous ; pronotum greyish-

234

brown, anterior area darker brown, ^vith a central longitudinal
pale carinate line ; scuteUum dull greyisb ; body beneath and
legs stramineous ; tegmina dark chocolate-brown, claval inner
margin and vein greyish, posterior costal area a little paler, a
minute greyish spot on inner margin at apex of lower -ulnar area ;
apices of tarsi piceous ; face with two small transverse piceous
spots on anterior margin, medially longitudinally carinate, laterally
transversely striate ; pronotum finely grauulose, more coarsely so
on anterior area ; tegmina finely and obscurely punctate, coarsely
punctate on clavus.

Length 7 millim.

Hah. Cejdon ; Maskeliya (6-Vee«).

Or,

^

Genus PRETA, nov.

.'ype, P. r/ratiosa, Melich.

Distribution. British India.

Vertex of head subtriangular, excavate, the lateral margins
strongly reflexed, transversely carinate a little before eyes, and
thence more finely centrally longitudinally carinate to apex ; face
moderately convex, very strongly centrally longitudinally ridged ;
pronotum very long, transversely impressed and ridged before
anterior margin, two strong central longitudinal ridges ; scutellum
small, triangular ; legs of moderate length, posterior tibiae finely
spinulose ; tegmina longer than the abdomen, clavus with a
central transverse vein and an oblique vein near base, an irregular
series of transverse veins before apical area, apical cells four.

0 "fi

2474. Preta gratiosa, ilfe/icA. ^Signoretia) Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 160.

t. iv, f. 8 «, 6 (1903).

^ Fig. 148. — Preta gratiosa.

Greyish-white ; vertex, body beneath and legs with an ochra-
ceous tint ; tegmina with the veins on apical area fuscous and

ATKINSONIELLA.

235

Adthasmall spot o£ the same colour at apex o£ clavus ; central
carination to vertex forked at base; pronotum finely grana ose
the anterior transverse impression more profound on the lateral
areas; between the two central longitudinal ridges there is a fine
central carination on the posterior half; posterior tibi» very
finely spinulose.

Length incl. tegm. 7 millim, nr t i ^

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green\ Negombo {Me Melichar).
Tenasserim ; Myitta {Dolurty). , , . v.

A specimen from Tenasserim is here figured, which agrees in
every particular with an example from Ceylon sent to me by
Mr. B. E. Green.

%enus ATKINSONIELLA, no v.

• // Qj

" / /K- Type, A. decisa, Dist.

Distribution. British ludia. , ,, c 4.

Vertex very short, little more than half the length of pronotum,
prominently foveate on each side parallel with the anterior margin
of eyes ; ocelli on disk about as far apart from each other as from
eyes ; face long, transversely striate, foveate on disk, the foveation

^ 'Fia. 149. — Aikiiisoniella deci&a.

neither reaching base nor clypeus ; pronotum broad, transverse,
lateral margins almost straight; scutellum with the apical area
centrally broadly convexly ridged ; legs moderately long, posterior
tibiae thickly spinulose; tegmina longer than _ abdomen, apical
areas four, the posterior one very large, posterior claval margin
straicrht, beyond claval apex the tegmen is moderately valvate.

2475. Atkinsoniella decisa, sp. n.

Vertex black, a yellow spot on disk and a greyish spot at inner
margin of each eye ; face black, the central sulcation, margins of
the cheeks, and a line behind each eye, greyish ; pronotum black,
with t\^'o large discal transverse ochraceous spots ; scutellum
black ; body beneath and legs black, intermediate tibiae centrally
greyish ; abdomen above black ; tegmina ochraceous, the costal
margin (narrowly) and the inner and apical margins broadly
black ; wings black.

Length inch tegm. 10 millim.

JIah. Darjiling (Atkinson Coll., Brit. Mus.).

I only know this species by two specimens in the Atkinson
Collection, and have not seen it in any of the other Indian
collections which I have examined.

C) 2476. Atkinsoniella maculata, sp. □.

Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath, legs and tegmina
ochraceous ; two spots on vertex at the region of the ocelli, three
spots in transverse series near the anterior margin of pronotum,
a spot at each basal angle of scutellum, a central transverse spot
at base and two elongate linear spots on posterior lateral margins
of face, a central spot on clypeus, central disk of sternum, apices
of femora, bases of tibiae, and the apices of the tarsi, black ;
tegmina with narrow costal mai'gins, a costal spot a little before
apex and the apical margin black ; vertex short, about half the
length of pronotum, strongly foveate on each side at inner
margins of eyes; face foveate on disk, the foveation neither
reaching base nor clypeus, the lateral areas transversely striate ;
pronotum with a narrow anterior collar preceded by a distinct
transverse impression ; lateral margins of the scutellum broadly
ridged ; tegmina very finely and obscurely wrinkled and punctate.

Length inch tegm. 10 millim.

Hah. Assam; Shillong {Coll. Dist.).

^a/4

^ Genus SOIBANGA, no v.

Type, S. bella. Walk.

Distribution. British India.

Vertex broad, robust, about half as long as breadth between
eyes, centrally, discally, transversely depressed and a little foveately
depressed on each side before eyes ; ocelli on posterior disk a
little nearer to eyes than to each other ; face broad, moderately
convex, centrally longitudinally subsulcate ; pronotum about as
long as vertex, lateral margins nearly straight : scutellum medially
narrowed to apex ; legs slender ; tegmina elongate, somewhat
narrow, apical areas four, clavus broad ; wings very broad, their
apices subtruncate, two transverse veins before apical area.

The great breadth of the wings and the structure of the vertex
are the salient points of this genus.

SOIBANGA.

Q..

231

0 2477. Soibanga bella, Wcdk. (Tettigonia) List Horn, iii, p. 778
(1851) ; Siffn. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1854, p. 10, t. i, f. 8 ; Atkins.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 99 (1885).

Body above and beneath black ; vertex with a central longi-
tudinal line, two transverse discal lines and macular mottlings on
anterior area, ochraceous ; pronotum with two transverse broadly
curved discal fasciae, a submarginal discal anterior line and a
transverse spot behind each eye, ochraceous ; four small discal
ochraceous spots to scutellum ; striations to face, two large spots

<!> Fig. 150. — Soibanga hella.

to clypeus, and the legs, ochraceous ; femora more or less spotted
with fuscous ; tegmina black, costal area from base to about
middle, a costal angulate spot beyond middle, a large basal claval
spot, a large longitudinal spot above apical area of clavus, and
a small I'ounded spot beyond it, ochraceous ; apical margin greyish-
brown ; wings palely fuliginous.

Length excl. tegm. bk ; exp. tegm. 13 millim.

Hah. "North India" {Warwiclc, Brit. Mus.). Silhet {fide
Signoret).

The unique type is here figured. The specimen has been badly
pinned at the junction of the pronotum and scutellum, and has
been drawn as thus mutilated by our artist.

The following genera and species reached me after the Tettigoni-
ellinae had gone to press. Both genera may be placed near Fisaclia.
The typical specimen representing the first is not in very good
condition, but I have followed the plan pursued throughout the
Rhynchota of inserting every species, even though its exact
location may be rendered difficult by more or less imperfection
in the specimen described.

ass

%enus MILEEWA, nov.

/yy^/6^ '^ype, jl/- marglieritce, Dist.

Distribution. At present only known from Assam.

Vertex long, broadly conically produced anteriorly, as long as
breadth between eyes and as long as prouotnm ; ocelli on disk
almost in a line with the anterior margins of the eyes, a fine
central longitudinal carination and an oblique carination on each
side of anterior area ; face globose, two carinations united poste-
riorly on basal area, continued by a single fine central carination
to clypeus which is also centrally ridged; pronotum short and
broad, the lateral margins obliquely straight ; scutellum small,
triangular ; legs slender, the tibiae spinulose ; tegmina moderately
broad, their apices sinuately obliquely truncate ; apical cells three.

•I-iy^'? Mileewa margheritae, sp. n.

Head, pronotum and tegmina chocolate-brown ; scutellum
stramineous ; a greyish subhyaline patch on each tegmen near end
of clavus, its base on inner margin and angularly extended on disk,

0
Fig. 151. — Mileewa margherifcs.

a small transverse spot on apical area, and the apical margins
(narrowly) of the same colour ; body beneath and legs stramineous ;
vertex with the base of the central and the two sublateral apical
carinations ochraoeous, remainder of central carination black, the
surface thickly finely punctate ; pronotum thickly finely punctate ;
scutellum smooth, shining; face somewhat strongly transversely
striate on each side, depressed before clypeus.

Length inch tegm. 4^ millim.

Hah. Assam; Margherita.

UJNA. 239

^y ^ / ^Gemis UJNA, uov.

<^^//i( Type, V. deUcatula, Dist.

Distribution. British ludia.

Vertex broadly elongate, a little longer than breadth between
eyes, somewhat conically rounded anteriorly, the disk moderately
flattened, not convex, a little depressed before apex ; ocelli on disk
in a line a little before the anterior margins of the eyes, farther
apart from each other than from eyes ; face long, distinctly
longitudinally carinate for less than half its length, very in-
distinctly carinate on the remaining area, this carinatiou angularly
forked at base ; clypeus broad, not or very obscurely longitudinally
ridged ; pronotum shorter than vertex, anteriorly produced but
truncate between the eyes, lateral margins straight ; scutellum
moderately large, subtriangular ; tegmiua elongate, apical cells
three, innermost very long; legs slendei', tibiae finely spinulose.

2479DUj]ia delicatula, sp. n.

Vertex pale indigo-blue, inner margins of eyes, basal halves of
lateral margins, and two oblong discal spots greyish-white, three
small obscure ochraceous spots at basal margins ; pronotum
purplish-brown, with a central longitudinal ochraceous line ;
scutellum piceous-brown, a central longitudinal ochraceous line not

Fig. 152. — Vjna delicatula.

extending beyond basal area and the apex ochraceous ; body
beneath and legs pale stramineous ; face with a black spot at basal
margin ; tegmina pale bronzy-brown, the costal area interrupted
near middle, pale ochraceous with an oblique sanguineous line near
its apex.

Length inch tegm. 3| millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya (G^rcen).

Mr. G-reen sent me a single specimen of this beautifully marked
species.

240 JASSIDiE.

2480. Ujna censors, sp. n.

Vertex pale ochraceous, the base to near ocelli castaneous, this
coloration acutely extended upward beyond the ocelli, an anterior
transverse black spot enclosing a small pale apical spot, and two
central discal black lines enclosing an oblong pale spot, inner
margin of eyes pale ochraceous ; pronotum and scutellum chocolate-
brown, each traversed by a central longitudinal ochraceous line;
body beneath and legs pale stramineous ; tegmina pale fuscous-
brown, the costal area dark fuscous for about halfway from base
and again at apex, the intermediate area greyish-white, crossed
beyond its middle by an oblique brown line, tips of the veins at
apical margin a little fuscously maculate.

Length inch tegm. 3^ millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta (Doherty).

I received a single specimen of this species from Mr. Doherty.

Subfam. IV. GYPONIN^.

v/a Gyponina, StS.1 (part.), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1870, p. 736; Berg,
Hemipt. Argent, p. 257 (1879) ; VanDusee, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc.
xix, p. 297 (1892) ; id. torn. cit. xxi, p. 281 (1894) *
v/C6carides, Amy. ^- Serv. (part.) Hem. p. 576 (1843).
^^GyponinjB, Ashm. Smith. Cat. Ins. N. J. p. 443 (1890).
V^CT Gyponidse, Fowl. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Rinjnch. Horn, ii, p. 293 (1903).
y O Penthimiinse, Kirh. Rep. Exp. Stat. Haio. Plant. Assoc, pt. ix, p. 307
^ (1906).

'">
As in the Tettigoniellince the ocelli are placed on the disk of the
vertex ; the face is flat or slightly convex, more or less impressed
across the base beneath the prominent and acute or rounded and
overhanging anterior edge of the head ; cheeks at least moderately
expanded.

V^ Division PENTHIMIARIA.

In this division the vertex is short, considerably broader than
long, transverse and rounded anteriorly, not produced.

^^ Synopsis of Genera.

A. Scutellum transverse, broader than long.
a. Scutellum longer than vertex, its basal
margin considerably longer than lateral
margin.

* As Van Duzee remarks : — " Dr. Stal's use of this term has priority over
that of Dr. Berg, but he included under it such a heterogeneous assemblage of
genera as to give to it a significance quite distinct from that intended j^by
Dr. Berg." Van Duzee en) ploys it in the sense of the latter authority.

PENTHIMIA. 241

«'. Vertex in length equal to about half tho
breadth between eyes, short, transverse,
anteriorly convexly rounded and de- . y

pressed Penthimia, p. 241. "'

b'. Vertex in length equal to about two-
thirds the breadth between eyes, sub-
elongate, anteriorly obliquely rounded

and reflexed Neodartus, p. 246. <^ V

b. Scutellum about as long as vertex, its basal
margin only slightly longer than lateral

margin . . . ". Tambilia, p. 247. <J

B. Scutellum elongate, longer than broad.

a. Face short, broad, obliquely depressed be- ^

neath eyes ; anterior tibite not dilated .... Habanga, p. 248. '^

b. Face somewhat perpendicularly deflected,

moderately convex ; anterior tibije stronglv

dilated \ Balala, p. 250. ^ >^

Genus PENTHIMIA.

Penthimia, Germ. Mar/. Ent. iv, p. 46 (1821) ; ^19.1, Hem. Afnc. iv,
p. 107 (18(56) ; Fieb. Rev. Mcuj. Zool. (3) iii, p. 392 (187-5) ; Atkins.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 112 (1885) ; Van Duzee, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi,
p, 287 (1894); Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 161 (1903)*.

'^OType,'^. atra, Fabr., a Palsearctic species.

Distribution. Nearctic, Paltearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, and
Australasian Eegions.

"Body oval or ovate, somewhat depressed; head obtuse, anteriorly
rounded ; vertex somewdiat sloped, slightly convex before the
middle ; lateral margins of face somewhat distinct ; frons a little
convex ; clypeus flat or very slightly convex ; eyes moderate ;
ocelli placed on the disk of the vertex, more remote from each
other than from eyes ; pronotum transverse, a little narrowed
anteriorly, anterior margin convex ; tegmina margined at the
apex, valvate behind the clavus, apical areas four or five ; legs
moderate, femora compressed, posterior tibise strongly spinose."
{Stdl.)

\^
'^' 2481. Penthimia melanocephala, Motsch. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxvi,
3, p. 95 (1863) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 162 (1903).

Head black ; pronotum, scutellum and tegmina castaneous,
inner claval margin black, apex of tegmen very pale fuscous with
whitish and black shadings ; body beneath black, legs piceous or
black ; vertex punctate ; pronotum finely transversely wrinkled ;
scutellum punctate, the basal area somewhat obliquely depressed

* Melichar places this genus in the Tettigoniellince, from which he does not
separate tho^ GyponincB. I follow Berg and Van Duzee in keeping these
subfamilies distinct.

VOL. IV. E

242

before a transverse impression separating it from the apical area
which is distinctly transversely striate ; tegmina punctate, the
clavus more strongly so ; posterior tibiae strongly spinose, the
spinules castaneous.

V^Fig. 153. — Penthimia mclanoccphala.

Length 4 millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Newera-Ellia {fide Motsclmlshy). Bhandarawella
(Jftts. Hongrois). Tenasserim ; Myitta (Doherty).

The figure represents a specimen contained in the National
Museum at Budapest.

\/ C> 2482. Penthimia compacta, Walk. List Horn, ill, p. 842 (1851) ;
Atkms. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 113 (1885).

Head black, eyes greyish ; pronotum ocbraceous tinged with
testaceous, the anterior margin broadly black ; seutellum testaceous
with a black spot at each basal angle ; tegmina ocbraceous with
dense piceous reticulate markings, inner margin of claval area
more unicolorous, apical margins hyaline, the veins ocbraceous
and with some scattered fuscous spots ; body beneath black,
abdomen paler with the segmental margins ocbraceous ; legs
testaceous, the femora more or less black ; pronotum anteriorly
sparsely puuctate, posteriorly smooth ; seutellum finely punctate,
obliquely deflexed to near apex, where there is a transverse
impression ; posterior tibiae longly, strongly spinulose.

Length 6 millim.

Hah. "■'^ovth.la.AxQ.'" {Warwick, Brit. Mus.). Punjab; Kangra
Valley {Dudgeon). Bengal ; Pusa {Lefrog). Bombay {Dixon).

Walker's description of this species is inadequate.

PENTHIMIA.

243

248:3. Penthimia castanea, Walk. J. Linn. Soc, Zool. i, p. 98 (1856) ;
Atki7is. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 113 (1885).

Castaneous-brovvn ; apical margin o£ vertex, face and head
beneath, disk of sternum, coxie, femora, posterior tibiae, and two
central elongate spots at base of abdomen beneath, black, at
lateral areas of mesonotum the black markings enclose a large
castaneous spot ; margins of ventral segments narrowly pale
ochraceous ; vertex short, broadly transverse, convexly rounded
in front, the posterior margin narrowly blackish ; pronotum de-
flected anteriorly, transversely wrinkled and obscurely punctate ;
scutellum with five pale spots — two on each lateral margin and one
at apex — the surface moderately transversely wrinkled ; apical
area of the tegmina pale brownish-ochraceous with the veins
brown, black oblong spots in the ante-apical cells, smaller dark
spots in the apical cells, beyond apex of clavus a piceous-brown
spot containiug three paler spots ; posterior tibiae longly, tliickly
spinulose.

Length 7 raillim.

Hah. Tenasserim {fide Atkinson). — Malacca (Wallace, Brit.
JIhs.).

The above description is taken from the unique Malaccan type
in the British Museum.

24840 Penthimia subniger, sp. n.

Castaneous above ; head, anterior area of pronotum and basal
angles of scutellum black ; tegmina with a pale subcostal spot

iXVj Fig. 154. — Penthimia subniger.

near middle, the apical area subhyaline, where the veins are
ochraceous and between which are a number of piceous spots ;

r2

244 JASSIB^.

body beneath and legs black ; tibiae and tarsi and the segmental
margins castaneous ; vertex sparingly punctate, pronotum more
or less punctate in its anterior black area ; scutellum finely
tra7]sversely striate ; tegmina with tesselate darker markings ;
posterior tibise longly spinulose.

Length 5| millim.

Hah. Bengal; VuiQ,{Lefroy). Assam; Nilgiri Hills (ZTcmj/ysoji).
Calcutta, Margherita {Ind. Mus.).

A single specimen of this well-mai'ked species is contained in
the Xilgiri collection made by Sir Gr. F. Hampson, and which he
presented to me some years ago ; other single specimens have
reached me from elsewhere {supra), but it seems to be nowliere
abundant.

y

C3

2485. Penthimia scapularis, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs black ; a
somewhat large spot near each posterior angle of pronotum, three
spots in transverse series (the middle spot largest) on apical area,
and the extreme apex of scutellum pale testaceous : tegmina
testaceous, the veins piceous, the apical area broadly transversely
subhyaline, the testaceous portion much finely reticulately spotted
with piceous, less so on basal area, the reticulate spots being larger
and more prominent on claval and middle costal margins, in the
pale apical area there are a few small piceous-brown spots in the
apical cells, the largest of these is situate in the upper cell ;
margins to the abdominal segments beneath and the tibial
spinules pale testaceous ; on each side of face at the anterior
margins of the eyes there is an oblique testaceous line ; tarsi
castaueous-brown ; vertex distinctly transversely striate on its
anterior area ; eyes black with their margins testaceous ; pro-
notum subconvex, the lateral margins rather strongly oblique,
distinctly foveately impressed on each side near anterior margin,
anteriorly finely transversely striate ; scutellum moderately disc-
ally depressed ; tegmina considerably convexly widened at about
middle ; posterior tibia? a little curved.

Length inch tegm. 6 millim.

Hah. Calcutta (CoZL Z>isi.).

V 02486. Penthimia maculosa, sp. n.

Head, pronotum and scutellum dull black ; extreme apex of
scutellum testaceous; body beneath and legs black, margins of
abdominal segments stramineous or pale testaceous ; tegmina dull
black, finely and thickly speckled with ochraceous or testaceous,
on apical area a cluster of small white spots ; vertex with trans-
verse ridges ; pronotum sparsely punctate ; obscurely transversely
wrinkled ; scutellum transversely wrinkled, punctate on disk. A
rather broad species ; apical area of vertex transversely striate ;

PENTHIMIA.

245

prouotum couvex, deflected anteriorly, sometimes with a few
small testaceous spots at middle of basal margin, and in some
specimens with the extreme basal margin testaceous; scutellum
moderately discally depressed before apical area, which is some-
what convex and very obscurely transversely striate, the extreme
apex elongately acute, sometimes with a small testaceous spot
near middle of lateral margin ; apices of anterior and intermediate
femora and tibiae usually testaceous ; face with the basal margin
broadly transversely striate, beneath which it is strongly trans-
versely impressed ; the eyes are usually greyish and when thus
their outer margins as seen beneath are very conspicuous.

Length 4-5 milhm.

Hah. Mussoorie (Brunetti, Ind. Mus.); Bombay {Dixon);
Calcutta {Ind. Mus.). Assam ; Margherita {Ind. Mus.). Tenas-
serim; Myitta {Dolierty). Mergui {Coll. Dist.).

/'O --iS"- Penthimia juno, sp. n.

Black ; apical margins of tegmina obscurely piceous-brown ;
vertex finely punctate with the apex of anterior margin prominent ;
pronotum finely tranversely wrinkled; scutellum transversely
wrinkled, obscurely punctate at base, transversely impressed at
middle, a central longitudinal carinate line visible on basal half ;
tegmina punctate, more coarsely punctate on clayus, finely
obscurely pilose ; posterior tibiae with the spinules piceous. A
somewhat elongate species ; the basal margin of the face strongly
transversely striate, beyond which it is transversely impressed and
concave ; the spinules to the postenor tibise are long and robust ;
the tegmina are obliquely narrowed to apex at about two-thirds
from base.

Length 4 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Kandy ((rreeu).

\/ Q 2488. Penthimia erebus, sp. n.

Black ; apical margins of tegmina whitish hyaline with brown
veins and brown suffusions; vertex of head with transverse
ridges ; pronotum punctate, obscurely transversely striate ;
scutellum punctate with a deep angulate transverse impression
beyond middle, the apical area transversely striate, its anterior
lateral margins deflected; tegmina with some very obscure and
small testaceous spots bevond middle. i^

A smaller and more elongate species than jP. juno, from which
it also differs by the transverse ridges to the vertex and by the
pale apical marginal area to the tegmina ; basal margin of the face
transversely striate ; tegmina convexly not obliquely narrowedto
apex; apices of the tarsi ochraceous ; spinules to the posterior
tibise long and robust.

Length 3 milhm.

Hab. Ceylon ; Habarane {Green).

246 JASSiD.i:.

^^ Genus NEODAHTUS.
''Neodartus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceijlon, p. 162 (1903).

^ Type, TS. acoceplialoides, Melich.

Distribution. Oriental Eegion.

Vertex of head long, its length about two-thirds of the breadth
between eyes, obtusely broadly angulate anteriorly, its lateral and
apical margins slightly reflexed ; ocelli on disk much more remote
from each other than from eyes ; pronotum longer than vertex,
lateral margins obliquely straight, posterior lateral margins strongly
transversely oblifpe, anterior margin moderately convex, posterior
margin slightly concave ; scutellum broad, the basal area obliquely
depressed ; tegmina short, broad, widened posteriorly, clavus
very broad ; posterior tibiae strongly spinose.

The typical specimen is carded which prevents a description of
the face.

y C 2489. Neodartus acocephaloides, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 163
^ (1903).

Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum black ; tegmina black,
thickly spotted with ochraceous, the apex greyish-white where the
veins are fuscous and preceded by an
irregular transverse series of four greyish-
white spots, at about middle of tegmen
there is a waved transverse series of five
greyish-white spots ; body beneath (im-
perfectly seen) black ; femora black, tibiae
much paler and spotted with black ;.
vertex with the apical margin somewhat
prominently reflexed ; pronotum finely
transversely wrinkled ; scutellum very
finely transversely striate, a transverse
impression before apical area ; apical
margins of clavus distinctly incrassate ;
posterior tibia? strongly spinulose, the
spinules more or less ochraceous.
Length 2 4 millim.
/ ' ^ Hab. Punjab; Hafizabad (Ind. Mus.).

\' Fig. 155. Calcutta {Ind. Mus.). Ceylon : Pera-

Neodartus acocejjhaloides. deniya {Ude Melicliar),'Put\:a\ii,m, Negombo,
Anuradhapura {Mus. Hongrois).
I am indebted to Dr. Horvath for allowing me to see and
figure a cotype of this species from Ceylon.

Y 2490. Neodartus scutellatus, sp. n.

Head and pronotum black; scutellum pale, smooth, shining
stramineous, four black spots at basal margin, the two central

TAMBILA.

247

spots incurved, apex (in type) uuitilated; tegmina black, thickly
spotted with ochraceous, the apical marginal area greyish-white
where the veins and a few small spots are fuscous ; body beneath
and legs black ; vertex punctate ; prouotum convex, its posterior
margin irregularly ochraceous ; posterior tibisB spotted with
ochraceous, the spinules long.

Length 4 millim.

Rab. Cey\on; JSTeduukulam (Green). Tenasserim ; Myitta
(DoJiertij).

A single specimen of this species was sent to me by my ever
helpful friend Mr. E. E. Green, and another was received from
Mr. Doherty while in Tenasserim.

2491. Neodartus rufopunctatus, Motsch. (Penthimia) Bull. Soc. I^at.
Mosc. xxxvi, 3, p. 94 (1863); Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 162 (1903).

Head, pronotum and scutellum black ; tegmina black, thickly
covered with minute rufous spots, the apical marginal area
greyish-white with fuscous veins and margin ; body beneath and
legs black, tibiae spotted with ochraceous, anterior and posterior
tarsi very pale ochraceous ; vertex granulose, the apical margin
strongly reflexed ; pronotum finely transversely striate; posterior
tibite lougly spinulose, the spinules ochraceous.

Lengtli 4 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Puttalam ((xj-een).

I have little hesitation in ascribing a single specimen described
as above to Motschoulsky's species.

^ Genus TAMBILA, nov.

V^^ Type, T. greeni, Dist.

Distribution. Ceylon.

Vertex of head broad, somewhat long, about half as long as
breadth between eyes, the apex somewhat truncate, its posterior
margin concave, moderately truncate at middle ; ocelli placed on
disk a little before middle, nearer to lateral margins than to each
other ; pronotum about twice as broad as long, the lateral margins
nearly obliquely straight, posterior margin moderately concave ;
scutellum small, triangular ; head beneath broad, the face narrowed
to clypeus, its lateral margins sinuate ; tibiae a little dilated,
posterior tibiae thickly longly spinulose ; tegmina broad, a little
widened at middle, valvate behind the clavus, apical areas four or
five. u.

Allied to^ Penthimia, from which it principally differs by the
small scutellum and the larger and differently shaped vertex.

^ cy 2492. Tambila greeni, sp. n.

Head ochraceous, with two testaceous-hrown curved fasciae ;
pronotum testaceous-brown, a transverse spot at anterior margin

248 jAssiD.E.

and a large spot on each lateral area ochraceous ; scutellum
ochraceous with a transverse line before apical area ; tegmina
pale castaneous, the costal and apical areas somewhat thickly and
linely spotted with testaceous-brown, at apex these spots are

■* <^ Yig. IbQ. —Tambila greeni.

paler ; body beneath and legs reddish-ochraceous, a black spot on
each side near anterior coxae, margins of abdominal segments pale
ochraceous ; vertex and pronotum obscui'ely punctate, the latter a
little transversely wrinkled ; tegmina finely punctate.

Length 6| millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Kandy (G-Vecn).

\^ Genus HARANGA, nov.

V Type, H, orientalis, AValk.

Distribution. Oriental Region.

Body ovate, somewhat strongly deflected on each side ; vertex
of head broadly transverse, short, anteriorly convex, margins pro-
minent, eyes extending a little beyond anterior margin of pro-
notum ; ocelli on disk much nearer to eyes than to each other ;
face short, broad, obliquely depressed beneath eyes; pronotum long,
convex, narrowed anteriorly, anterior margin convex, posterior
margin concave, lateral margins obliquely straight, obliquely directed
inwards at posterior angles towards base of scutellum ; scutellum
very long, sometimes reaching apex of clavus, broad at base and
somewhat suddenly narrowed from about middle to apex; tegmina
valvate behind the clavus which is apically truncate ; between
the intermediate and posterior coxae a moderately raised centrally
sulcate process.

HARANGA. 249

A. Scutellum reachinrj the apex of davits.

2493. Haranga orientalis, Walk. (Penthimia) List Horn, iii, p. 841
(1851) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 113 (1885).

Black ; apical margins of the tegmina piceous-brown ; in some
specimens the anterior and intermediate tibiae and tai'si more or
less testaceous-red ; posterior sternal margins testaceous ; eyes
ochraceous, elongate, ovate, the pronotum linely transversely

^

Haravga orientalis.

wrinkled ; scutellum obliquely depressed at basal area, punc-
tate, wrinkled, the apical area strongly longitudinally ridged ;
membrane somewhat thickly punctate ; face strongly concavely
depressed behind eyes ; spinules to posterior tibiae long and
prominent.

Length 9 millim.

Hob. "North India" {Warwick, Brit. Mus.)\ Nepal, Soon-
drijal {Ind. Mus.).

B. Scutellum not reaching the apex of clavus.

-494. Haranga scutellaris, sp. u.

Above shining black ; apical margin of tegmina hyaline where
the veins are brownish, thus giving the appearance of a series of
white cellular areas ; head beneath and pro- and mesosterna
black ; metasterna and abdomen beneath piceous-brown ; vertex
and pronotum transversely wrinkled ; scutellum punctate at base,
transversely wrinkled on disk which is moderately globose,
apical area not longitudinally ridged ; tegmina thickly, somewhat
strongly punctate ; legs piceous ; face obliquely deflexed and
strougly compressed ; posterior tibiae strongly spinulose.

Length 7 millim.

/"

250 JASSID.T..

Hab. Assam; Margherita (Coll. Dist.). Ceyloa ; Kandy
(Green).

2495. Haranga decurtata, sp. n.

Black ; eyes, lateral margins of pronotum and bases of lateral
margins to tegmina more or less ochraceous ; apices of tegmina
hyaline, where the veins are fuscous and before which there are
some indistinct ochraceous spots ; head beneath black ; sternum.

v/ ^ Fig. 158. — Haranga decurtata.

abdomen and legs brownish-ochraceous, abdomen with central
transverse piceous shadings and with a narrow central longitudinal
pale line ; pronotum irregularly transversely wrinkled ; scutellum
a little globose and strongly wrinkled on basal half, apical half
smooth and narrow, not reaching the apex of clavus ; tegmina
thickly punctate.

Length 8 millim.

JIab. Nilgiri Hills {Hampson).

^^'OGeuus BALALA, nov.

'^ype, B. ftdviventris, Walk.

Distribution. Oriental Region.

Vertex of head short, deflected, anteriorly rounded ; ocelli on
disk between the eyes much nearer to eyes than to each other ;
face somewhat perpendicularly deflected, moderately convex,
cheeks expanded ; rostrum short, just passing the anterior coxae ;
pronotum about three times the length of vertex, anterior margin
very slightly rounded, posterior margin strongly subangularly

\/

BALALA, 251

excavate before the base of seiitellum, lateral margius oblique ;
scutelluui long, moderately raised, centrally strongly longitudinally
ridged, gradually narrowed to apex which is acute and reaches
apex of clavus ; femora moderately compressed and flattened ;
anterior tibia? strongly dilated ; posterior femora slightly curved,
strongly apically spined, posterior tibiae more definitely curved
and very strongly spinose ; tegmina valvate behind clavus the
apex of which is truncate, apical margin from apex to end of
clavus very strongly defined with numerous short longitudinal
veins, four apical areas.

2496. Balala fulviventris, Wdk. (Penthhnia) List Horn, iii, p. 841
(1851).

Piceous or brownish-pieeous, the whole upper surface more or
less strongly ochraceously pilose ; on the pronotum longitudinally
pilose ; apex of scutellum black ; body beneath and legs piceous

/ ^

Fig. 159. — Balala fulviventris.

or brownish-pieeous, thickly shortly ochraceously pilose ; coxae
and abdomen beneath nearly wholly ochraceous ; tarsi ochraceous,
their apices piceous ; tegmina with an apical submarginal white
line : structural characters as in generic diagnosis.

Length inch tegm, 11 to 13 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Sadeya {lud. Mus.). Nilgiri Hills {Hampson).
Burma ; Karen Hills (Doherty). — Borneo ; Matang (Beiuitt).

Walkers description is inadequate and founded on an un-
localised specimen. This specimen was also rubbed, the pale
pilose covering being absent.

252

/

^Division HYLICABIA.

Vertex not broader than long, more or less angularly produced.

Synopsis of Genera.

A. Vertex more or less subtriaugularly produced,

but not longer than pronotum.

a. Abdominal segments lobately produced on /

each side IIylica, p. 252.

b. Abdominal segments not lobately produced.

a. Scutellum not longer than broad.

a'. Tegmina short, moderately broad, not
longer than scutellum and abdomen
together.
a". Vertex not concave, scutellum a ^*

little longer than pronotum .... ^Kalasha, p. 254.
b". Vertex concave, scutellum a little

shorter than pronotum Y ,_Assikingia, p, 255.

b', Tegmina long, narrow, as long as whole

body excluding anal segment Bhooria, p. 256.

b. Scutellum much longer than broad y'vSuDRA, p. 257.

B. Vertex more or less produced, longer than

pronotum.

a. Vertex triangularly produced, suddenly nar-

rowed, and then straightly elongately pro-
duced ; apices of tegmina rounded.

a. Vertex shorter than pronotum and scutel-

lum together ; scutellum about as long

as pronotum ."^ CHatigoria, p. 258.

b. Vertex much longer than pronotum and

scutellum together : scutellum shorter
than pronotum.
a'. Ocelli on disk a little beyond base,
about as far apart from eyes as from

each other CNamsangia, p. 259.

b'. Ocelli near lateral . margins, a little .

before eyes ^Vangama, p. 260.

b. Vertex triangularly produced, suddenly nar-

rowed, and then shortly broadly produced ;

apices of tegmina truncate V^Traiguma, p. 261.

c. Vertex broadly subtriangular ^ Gubawa, p. 262.

^Genus HYLICA.

-iHylica, StSl, Tr. E. S. 1863, p. 59-3 ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 112
(1885).

Type, H. paradoxa, Stal.
Distribution. British India. Java.

" Body oblong-obovate ; head acutely produced ; face somewhat
reclined ; ocelli placed on the upper part o£ the head near the

HYLICA, 253

anterior angle of the eyes ; rostrum very short ; pronotum some-
what backwardly elevated, tuberculate, anterior lateral margins
long, anterior middle angularly produced ; scutellum elevated,
tuberculate ; tegraina subcoriaceous, broadly raembraueously
margined at the apex ; abdomen broader tlian tlie tegmioa, pos-
terior segments acutely lobed and reflexed on both sides ; legs
somewhat short ; anterior tibiae above somewhat dilated ; posterior
tibiae above spinose." (Stal.)

V

2497/ Hylica paradoxa, 8tm, Tr. E. S. 18G3, p. 593 ; Atkins J. A
-S. 5. liv, p. 112 (1885).

" Body oblong-obovate, blackish or fuscous-testaceous ; face
below the middle (a black spot excepted), disk or two broad stripes
on the vertex sordidly stramineous ; frons produced at the base
in a short, compressed, slightly cui'ved horn and furnished in the
middle with two small tubercles; two posterior remote tubercles

Fig. 160. — Hylica 'paradoxa

on the pronotum, higher than the rest and compressed ; scutellum
much elevated before the middle, furnished near the apex with a
conical tubercle ; disk of the elevated part hollowed out and more
compressly elevated on both sides."
y "^"Var. a. Legs sordidly stramineous, annulated with fuscous."
t/ ^" Var. h. Legs fuscous-testaceous ; femora palely banded."

{Stm.)

Length excl. tegm. 10 to 12; exp. tegm. 17 millim.

Hob. Burma ; Teinzo {Fea). Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty). —
Java {Horsfield, Brit. Mus.).

I have no hesitation in my identification of Stal's genus and
species {supra). Dr. Sjostedt kindly endeavoured to let me see a
specimen, but could not find the species in the Stockholm Museum.
I have therefore reproduced Stal's description and figured a
specimen from Tenasserim in my own collection.

254 JASSiD^.

^ Genus KALASHA, nov.

'"^ype, K. nativa, Dist.

Distribution. Assam.

Vertex of bead subtriangularly produced in front of eyes ;
ocelli on each side a little in front of anterior margins of e^^es ;
face reclinate, depressed on its anterior area ; rostrum reaching
:he intermediate coxae ; pronotum long, narrowed anteriorly,
laterally deflected on each side, anterior margin nearly straight,
posterior margin concave before scutellum, lateral margins oblique,
slightly sinuate ; scutellum a little longer than pronotum, its
apical area moderately gibbous ; anterior legs mutilated in typical
specimen, posterior tibiae robustly spinulose ; abdomen * long,
narrowed posteriorly, laterally deflected on each side above;
tegmina witb a distinct apical marginal area, apices obliquely
truncate, four apical cells.

2498. Kalasha nativa, sp. n.

$ , Head, pronotum and scutellum piceous ; lateral margins of
vertex and two basal spots pale castaneous-brown ; lateral areas
of the pronotum broadly pale castaneous-brown and ocbraceously

sj O Fig. 161. — Kalasha nativa.

pilose; abdomen above testaceous-red, with lateral segmental
piceous spots ; body beneath and legs piceous ; tip of face and
two spots near eyes, annulations to intermediate femora, tibiae
and tarsi, and apex of rostrum, piceous ; anterior legs mutilated
in type ; basal areas of posterior femora castaneous ; tegmina
brownish-ochraceous, with small piceous spots and shadings ;
wings pale fuliginous , pronotum finely, closely, transversely
striate ; scutellum globose and transversely striate before apex
which is a little recurved with the tip ochraceous ; body beneath
somewhat longly palely pilose ; posterior tibiae with the spinules
moderately long and robust.

ASSIRTNGIA,

255

Length excl. tegm. 5 17; exp. tegm. 27 millim.
Hah. Assam ; Sadeya ( Coll. Dist.).

The late Mr. Atkinson sent me a single female specimen of
this species,

^ Genus ASSIRINGIA, nov.

QDype, A. exhibiia, Dist.

Distribution. Burma.

Vertex moderately and concavely produced in front of eyes, the
margins acute and almost perpendicularly reflexed ; face depressed
between anterior margins of eyes ; clypeus centrally longitudinally
carinate; ocelli placed a Httle in front of anterior margins of eyes;
prouotum with two transverse ridges at anterior margin, about as
long as vertex, anterior mai-gin truncate, posterior margin sub-
truncate, lateral areas depressed; anterior tibite moderately but
not foveately dilated, posterior tibife curved and thickly spinulose ;
tegmina elongate, covering the lateral abdominal margins but not
the anal appendage ; two series of transverse veins on apical areas
definiug four ante-apical and four apical cells.

2499.QAssirmgia exhibita, ^p. n.

Head, pronotum, scutellum and body beneath piceous ; legs
pale ochraceous, more or less annulated with brown ; cheeks

Fig. ] ()2. —As&iringia exhibita.

brownish-ochraceous ; tegmina umber-brown, the inner transverse
veins piceous ; pronotum finely transversely striate ; tegmina,
excepting apical area, distinctly coarsely punctate; spinules to
posterior tibiae long and almost concolorous with the tibise.

Length incl. tegm. 9 millim.

Hah. Burma; Kuby Mines (Z^o7«er??/),

256

.^'^

GeDus BHOORIA, nov.
c

Type, B. moclidata, Dist.

Distribution. Burma.

Vertex somewhat flat, subtriangularly produced and with a
central longitudinal ridge, the lateral margins perpendicular for
a little in front of eyes and then obliquely narrowing to apex
which is a little prominent ; ocelli placed on disk slightly in front
of eyes ; face flat or very slightly convex, moderately impressed
across the extreme base, much longer than broad, anteriorly pro-
minently acutely narrowed, posteriorly moderately narrowed to
clypeus ; pronotum scarcely longer than vertex, anterior margin
a little rounded, posterior margin concavely sinuate, lateral
margins a little oblique, slightly sinuate ; scutellum convex at
basal area, depressed and transversely impressed before apical
area, apex triangularly subacute ; abdomen, 5 ? long and slender ;
legs slender, posterior tibiae thickly finely spinulose ; tegmina
long and narrow, claval area large, posteriorly broadened at base,
apical areas four, the uppermost longest, the lowermost long and
broad ; wings posteriorly broadened at anal area.

This genus has considerable affinity with the' TettigonieUincp,
buVthe structure of the face, according to my view% locates it in
the Gyponince.

2500. Bhooria modulata, sp. n,

2 . Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs ochra-
ceous, abdomen above shining black, the extreme lateral and

Fig. 1G3. — Bhvoria nwdulafu.

basal margins and anal segment ochraceous ; vertex with the base
of lateral margins and the extreme apical margin black, a san-
guineous elongate spot at apex and a sanguineous lateral spot in
front of each eye ; tegmina pale tawny subhyaline with a broad
central longitudinal streak of reddish-orange which terminates

r^

SUDBA. 257

before the apical area ; wings pale fuliginous, the veins darker ;
pronotum finely transversely wrinkled ; scutellum faintly granu-
lose, the extreme apical margins very prominent ; abdomen
strongly reflexed on each side, the lateral margins laminate and
projecting over the edge of the abdomen beneath.

Length excl. tegm. $ 10 ; exp. tegm. 18 mUlim.

Hah. Burma ; Euby Mines {Doherty).

^ O

Genus SUDRA, nov.

QType, 8. notanda, Dist.

Distribution. Burma.

Head longly produced in front of eyes, narrowed anteriorly and
apically reflexed ; ocelli placed near the anterior margins of eyes ;
face elongate, laterally obliquely straight in front of eyes to near
apex ; pronotum centrally about as long as vertex, the lateral
margins obliquely sinuate, anterior margin roundly truncate, the
basal margin subangularly sinuate ; scutellum elongate, much
longer than either pronotum or vertex, narrowed apically, sub-
laterally and centrally ridged ; anterior tibiae dilated, posterior
tibise curved and longly spinulose ; tegmina elongate, not covering
the whole of the lateral margins of the abdomen, valvate beyond
the clavus which is broad and apically subtruncate, a broad
distinct apical margin with numerous longitudinal veins.

2501. Sudra notanda, sp. n.

Castaneous-brown, more or less palely pilose (in fresh specimens
probably thickly longly pilose) ; apex of vertex above and beneath

uFig, 164. — Sudra notanda.

black ; scutellum beyond middle centrally longitudinally ochra-
ceous, the apex black ; tegmina a little darker in hue, distinctly
thickly palely pilose beyond middle, with fainter traces of the
pilosity on basal area, upper apical margins pale subhyaliue ; body

258 jassidjE.

beneath more tbickly and more palely pilose ; the spiuules to
the posterior tibiae black ; apex of vertex distinctly reflexed ;
pronotiim thickly finely wrinkled ; scutelliim strongly centrally
longitudinally ridged from beyond middle to apex, sublaterally
strongly ridged from base to beyond middle.

Length incl. tegm. $ 15 millim.

Hah. Burma ; Karen Hills (DoJierty).

/

0 Genus HATIGORIA, nov.

Type, H. prceiens, Dist.

Distribution. Burma.

Head longly produced in front of eyes, narrowed and recurved
for about half its length ; ocelli placed near the antei'ior margin
of eyes ; face somewhat broad, anteriorly subtriangular ; pronotum
somewhat depressed on anterior area, truncate at anterior margin,
subangularly sinuate at posterior margin, the lateral margins
obliquely sinuate ; scutellum subtriangular, about as long as
pronotum, its apex narrowed ; anterior tibise moderately but not
foveately dilated, posterior tibiae slightly curved, the spinules long ;
tegmina elongate, not covering the whole of the lateral abdominal
margins, valvate behind clavus which is broad and apiQally sub-
truncate, a somewhat broad apical margin with numerous
longitudinal veins.

Allied to^Sudra but differing by the short scutellum, different
shape of head and face, not foveately dilated anterior tibiae, &c.

2502. Hatigoria praeiens, sp. n.

Tawny-brown, more or less palely pilose : narrow apical half of

' Fig. 105. — Hatigoria praiens.

produced vertex piceous with a central ochraceous line ; lateral
margins of pronotum stramineous and within these margins a
broad obscure piceous fascia ; scutellum with a large piceous spot
near each basal angle and a central dark fascia which is forked

NAMSANGIA. 259

posteriorly, the extreme Jipex whitish ; body beneath and legs
thickly ochraceously pilose, a large central piceous spot at base
of abdomen ; spinules to posterior tibise browni8h-ochraceous ;
tegmina darker brown with the apical area still darker, the apical
margins brownish-ochraceoiis.

Length incl. tegm. 5 16 millim.

Hah. Burma; Karen Hills (Z>o7teri^).

- Genus NAMSANGIA, nov. ^ ,

Type, N. gcifkdis, Dist.

JJistribution. Assam.

Head with the cephalic process very longly produced, which
with the vertex is about as long as the posterior tibiae, its upper
surface concave, the apex a little ampliated and spatulate and
distinctly recurved ; face long and broad, moderately convex ;
ocelli on disk, a little beyond base, about as far apart from eyes
as from each other ; pronotum considerably longer than scutellum,
deflected on each side, broader than long, anterior margin centrally
truncate, posterior margin subangularly sinuate, lateral margins
oblique and slightly sinuate ; scutellum subtriangular ; anterior
legs mutilated in typical specimen; posterior tibise thickly and
finely spinulose ; tegmina long and narrow, four apical cells,
the innermost very long commencing near end of claviTS.

2503. Namsangia garialis, sp. n.

Black; basal lateral areas of vertex (somewhat interrupted),

n Fig. 166. — Kamsangia garialis.

reticulate markings to anterior lateral areas of pronotum, body
beneath and legs more or less reddish-ochraceous ; anterior area
of cephahc process beneath black, centrally longitudinally reddish ;
cephalic process above concave, its margins acute and upwardly

/

260 JASSID^.

directed ; vertex with two central carinations ; pronotum thickly,
finely, transversely wrinkled ; scutellum convex at base, trans-
versely impressed before apical area; tegmina obscurely thickly
jBuely punctate.

Length incl. tegm. 19 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Margherita {Dolwty).

r ^«^ /'

V • Genus VANGAMA, nov.

Type, V. steneosaura, Dist.

Distribution. North-West India.

Head with the cephalic process longly produced, wliich with
the vertex is about as long as the posterior tibiae, its upper surface
continued to base of vertex and its anterior surface beneath
centrally longitudinally ridged, its apical area strongly upwardly
recurved ; face loug and broad, moderately convex ; ocelli at

/

Fig. 167. — Vangama steneosaura,.

lateral margins of vertex a little befoi-e eyes; pronotum a little
longer than scutellum, broader than long, centrally longitudinally
ridged, its lateral areas deflected, its anterior margin rounded,
lateral margius oblique, slightly sinuate, posterior margin sub-
angulately sinuate ; scutellum subtriangular ; anterior tibiae not
dilated*, posterior tibiae finely spinulose ; tegmina long and narrow,
clavus loner and broad, apical areas four.

Allied to Namsangia, but differing by the longitudinally ridged
vertex and cephalic process, the different position of the ocelli,
longer clavus, &c.

C 2504. Vangama steneosaura, sp. n.

Black ; margins of central ridges to cephalic process both above
and beneath, a small spot near end of clavus and the legs,

* In the speciiuen figured the anterior tibiae were mutilated.

1^

TRAIGUMA. 261

stramineous ; apices of posterioi' tibiae and bases of posterior tarsi
piceous ; cephalic process above and vertex strongly centrally
longitudinally ridged ; pronotum closely finely transversely
wrinkled and centrally longitudinally ridged ; scutellum punctate ;
tegmiua thickly finely punctate.

Length incl. tegm. 11 millim.

Hah. North-West Provinces ; Kuuuion, Bhini Tal {Annandah,
Lid. Mus.).

^

Genus TRAIGUMA, nov.

Type, T. nasuta, Dist.

Distribution. Southern India.

Vertex longly produced in front of eyes, triangularly Jiarrowed
to about one-third before apex and then somewhat spatulately
longitudinally produced, tuberculate above ; ocelli situate near
anterior margins of eyes ; face narrowed from eyes to tip which
on each side is narrowdy foliaceous ; pronotum discally concavely
depressed, anterior margin truncate, posterior margin concavely
sinuate, lateral margins oblique ; scutellum subtriangular ; tegmina
shorter than abdomen, their apices truncate, surface sparingly
granulose, apical cells four; anterior tibiae moderately dilated,
posterior tibiae finely spiuulose.

2505. Traiguma nasuta, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, scutellum, sternum, legs and abdomen beneath,
griseous ; metasternum more or less piceous ; abdomen above
pale brownish-ochraceous, the lateral and apical areas broadly

"^ c? Fig. 168. — Traiguma nasuta.

griseous ; face behind eyes with lateral oblique dark striae ;
tegmina griseous with darker granules and shadings ; wings very
pale fuhginous, hyaline, the veins darker ; vertex with four
anterior discal tubercles arranged in pairs ; the whole surface
somewhat thickly palely ochraceously pilose ; pronotum with

262 jassidjE.

some small obscure tubercles on anterior disli ; head beneath and
sternum very thickly finely pilose.

Length excl. tegm S & 2 10| to 12 : exp. tegm. 14 millim.

Ilab. Nilgiri Hills (Hampson); Utakamand (Coll. Dist.).

O Genus GURAWA, nov.

' Type, O. vexillum, Dist.

Distribution. Sikhim.

Body short and broad ; vertex broad, subtriangular, flat, a little
depressed at basal area, lateral margins oblique and almost in
a line with the outer margins of the eyes ; ocelli situate near base,
nearer to eyes than to each other, eyes projecting behind beyond
the anterior angles of the pronotum ; face long, narrow, flattened,
transversely impressed beneath base, narrower at apex than at
base, more than twice as loug as clypeus ; pronotum transverse.

Fig. 169. — Gurawa vcvUlum.

shorter than vertex, centrally finely carinate, all the margins
nearly straight, more than twice as broad as long; scutellum
centrally depressed, transversely impressed before apical area, its
apex acute ; legs of moderate length, the posterior tibiss thickly
finely spinulose ; teginina broad, passing the abdominal apex,
apical areas short, three in number, clavus of moderate size, claval
vein curved. ^

This genus has a considerable resemblance to Eupeluv, placed by
writers (Puton, Melichar, Edwards) in the/'' Acocephalinci;. The
ocelli are often difficult, to distinguish, but their position near the
base of the vertex in'Mjfuraiva is a distinct feature, and in this
determination I was confirmed by the hymenopterists Col. Bingham
and Mr. Turner, and by Edwd. Waterhouse, the coleopterist.

PTTHAMUS. 263

c3 2506. Gurawa vexillum, sp. n.

Dull ocbraceous ; vertex with a broad longitudinal fuscous
fascia containing darker dots, two fuscous spots on lateral margin,
one in front of eyes, the other nearer apex, ocelli fuscous ;
pronotum with indistinct longitudinal shadings, a central pale
carinate line, and with a series of transverse linear dark spots
before anterior margin ; scutellum with a piceous spot near each
basal angle ; mesosternum with piceous markings (indistinctly
seen on carded type) ; pronotum somewhat strongly transversely
wrinkled ; face with minute black spots, the basal margin black
and a black spot before each eye ; tegmina smooth with the veins
prominent.

Length incl. tegm. cS 4 millim.

Hab. Sikhim ; Mungphu (Atliuson, Coll. Dist.).

1 only possess a single carded specimen of this species.

i^o-

Genus PYTHAMUS.

M'ythamns, Melic/i. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 161 (1903).

^,7 Type, P. dealhatus, Melich.

Distribution. Ceylon.

" Body very long ; vertex triangularly produced, the sides of
the anterior margin convex and carinate, with a leaf-hke projecting
middle carination ; face long and narrow, centrally carinate, the
carina at the tip below the front somewhat leaf-like and raised, at
the sides of the face distinct transverse furrows which extend to
fine ridges running below the margin of the face to its tip and
form with the facial border an acute triangle in w^hich close
below the vertical margin lie the ocelli ; clypeus somewhat long,
triangular, with central longitudinal carinse, truncated above au^
below ; eyes sessile ; antennae long ; pronotum one-third shorter
than the vertex, before and behind almost straight, the sides
rounded ; scutellum triangular ; tegmina long, narrow, with three
very tender veins, in the apical area three terminal veins ; membrane
apparently wanting ; legs slender." (MeUcJiar.)

Melichar has included this genus in the Tettigoniellince. I have
not seen a specimen, but am doubtful, according to my views,
whether it should be placed in that subfamily.

y^^ 2507. Pythamus dealbatus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. IGl, t. v,
f. 6 a (1903).

"Body above black, strongly shining; vertex between the eyes
coarsely transversely wrinkled, in the middle of the central
carination a rounded spot and in the nape a triangular longitudinal
spot pale yellowish ; antennae rusty yellow ; face black, rostrum
yolk-yellow ; pronotum and scutellum coarsely transversely

264

wrinlded, black ; tip of scutellum yellow ; tegmina black, strongly
shining, the apex smoky-brown, base of costal margin narrowly
bordei-ed with yellow, the border widened hindward conical ly to
the membrane, the terminal marginal nervure pale yellow, before
tip of clavus an indistinct pale spot and behind tip of clavus

'^ Fig. 110.— P^hcrmus dealhafut^.

a small white hyaline dot ; wings brown with piceous nervures ;
pectus black ; coxae and legs yolk-yellow ; abdomen black above
and yolk-yellow beneath." {Melichar.)

" Length d 6 millim.

" ffab. Ceylon {Berlin Miis.)."

I have not seen this species. The figure is after Melichar,

\/^'^ 2508. Gypona? kangrensis, EirA: (Gvpona) Wien. ent. Zeit. xxiv,
p. 2G (1905).

"Head and pronotum pale yellow, unspotted ; scutellum dark
reddish-brown, with paler reddish-brown markings ; tegmina
opaque, more or less shining, whitish, the veins brownish, the
cells with small crowded punctiform spots, a larger brownish spot
in the clavus and corium in the middle, the terminal cells with
pale and dark brown markings ; «ings hyaline, rainbow-coloured ;
abdomen above blackish, the lateral borders broadly pale, apical
borders broadly pale reddish-brown ; beneath indistinctly brownish ;
rostrum pale reddish-brown ; femora pale reddish-brown, the
other parts of the legs pale blackish-brown, granulated ; vertex
short, longitudinally furrowed, a little broader than the pronotum,
in front obtusely angulated (somewhat roundish); ocelU below the
middle line of the vertex, further from each other than from eyes ;
clypeus not arched ; pronotum smooth with no transverse im- .
pression, broadly rounded in front, about a fourth part longer
than the vertex ; tegmina not punctured, extended beyond end of
abdomen.

" Length inch tegm. 3-5 millim." {KirTccddy.)

Hah. Punjab; Isjingi-diXslleY {Dud fjeon, fide KirlcaUy).

I do not know this species, and it may probably be not truly
congeneric with' Gypona.

265

Subfamily V. JASSINiE (including AcocEPHALiNiE).

^ Jassides, A?ni/. ^; Serv. Hem. p. 581 (1843).

oJassina, Stdl, Of v. Vet. -Ak. Fork. 1870, p. 735 5 Vcm Duzee, Tr.

Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. l'97 (1892).
0 Jassaria, Oshan. Verz. Pal. Heniipt. Bd. ii, Homopt. p. 101 (1906).
i/'Jassinae, Dist. ante, p. 168.
& Acocephalidse, Dohrn, Cat. Hem. p. 84 (1859) ; JEdw. Tr. Ent. Soc.

1886, p. 45.
O Acocephalides, Sahib. Not. Faun. Flor. Fenn. Fork. (2) ix, pp. 72 »fe

352 (1871) ; Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1879, p. 47.
OAcocepbaliui, Futon, Cat. Hem. Pal. p. 79 (1886); Melich. Horn.

Faun. Cexjlon, p. 163 (1903).
<3 Acocephalina, Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 102 (1885) ; Van Duzee, Tr.

Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 297 (1892).
^ Acocephalaria, Oshan. Verz. Pal. Hemipt. Bd. ii, Homopt. p. 84

(lfl06). _
^ Acocephaliuse, Dist. ante, p. 158.

In my synopsis of the subfamilies of the Jassidse {ante, p. 158)
I proposed to keep the Acocephalinae and Jassinae distinct from
one another, as is done by most systematists. When, however, I
had been some time working at the genei'a included in these
divisions, I found myself in too uianj^ instances unable to decide
with certitude whether they belonged to one or the other. I was
not alone in this dilemma as is shown by the different conclusions
of those whose views can be accepted as belonging to competent
homopterists. T\ms^Xestocei)lialus, placed by its founder. Van
Duzee, in the Acocephalinse, is by Melichar and" Matsumura located
in the Jassinae ; ^Hecalus included by Stal, its founder, in the
Acocephalinae *, a view accepted by Melichar and Oshanin, is
considered by Van Duzee as a member of the Jassinae. ^Platy-
metojnus is located b)'- Puton and Oshanin in the Jassinae, by
Edwards and Buckton in the Acocephalinae. ^Paramesus according
to the views of Puton, Buckton, and Oshanin belongs to the
Acocephalinae, by Van Duzee it is regarded as a component of the
Jassinae. Many other instances could doubtless be recorded, but
the above will suffice to show that though in some cases there is
no difficulty, in others it is impossible at present to find an exact
line of demarcation between the Acocephalinae and Jassinae.

We recall the words of the late Prof. Newton with respect to
the various proposed ornithological systems. " It is impossible
with our present knowledge to thread the maze in which the
taxonomer now finds himself." We must, however, remember that

first described its species in the genus Acocephalus.

T

266 jAssiD^.

the classification of the Jassinae is still a matter of expert opinion
and the last word has not yet been said on the subject. In this
publication the system adopted is not regarded as of the first
importance, so long as it enables those for whom the book is
written to readily recognize the genera and species described or
enumerated.

As regards the generic descriptions I have in many, if not in
most, cases reproduced the diagnosis of the founders of these genera,
and although many new ones have had to be proposed it is probable
that strictly following the method pursued more generic sub-
division is necessary. There are, however, so many described
species which I have not seen, that such a course becomes
impossible.

I have to acknowledge with gratitude the great help I have
received from Mr. E. P. Van Duzee of Buffalo, N.T., who has
sent me many Nearctic specimens identified by himself, and as the
genera of Jassinae are w-idely distributed the assistance thus
rendered has been considerable. Dr. Horvath of Budapest has
again kindly let me see such of Melichar's types or cotypes as are
contained in the Museum Hongrois. Walker's types in the
British Museum have been at my disposal and also the large
collections made for me by the late Mr. Doherty in India, Burma,
and Tenasserim. I have also seen the specimens belonging to the
Indian Museum at Calcutta, frequently supplemented by others
collected by its enthusiastic superintendent. Dr. Annandale. From
Mr. Maxwell Lefroy I have received much material from Pusa.
Finally the immense assistance already rendered by Mr. E. E.
Green of Ceylon has been supplemented by his particular effort to
procure me Jassid representatives from that island.

Genus unlcnoivn to the tvriter, hut doubtfully belonging

to tJie Jassince as located by its descriher.

/
^ ^ Genus UZELINA.

WXJzelina, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 181 (1903).

y ^ Type, U. laticejjs, Melich.

Distribution. Ceylon.

" Vertex as broad as pronotum, in front broadly rounded, above
arched, the surface curved downward with two ocelli on the disk ;
face broad, directed downward, almost concave ; pronotum in front
broadly rounded, behind straight; scutellum half as long as pro-
notum with an impressed line in the middle ; tegmina somewhat
passing abdominal apex, rounded behind, the outer sector forked,
the inner forked branch connected with second sector by a trans-
verse vein, both in middle and apical areas a row of transverse
veins, membranal appendage narrow ; legs simple. The broad
downwardly curved bead, which looks as if it was excavate on
lower side, is a characteristic feature." {Melichar.)

UZELINA.

267

I have no personal knowledge of this genus, but the position of
the ocelh as described by Melichar scarcely allows its inclusion in
tbe Jassmae as generally understood.

0 2509. Uzelina laticeps, Melich.
f. 2, a, b (1903).

Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 182, t.

" Vertex, pronotum and scutellum yellowish or yellowish-white
delicately sprinkled with brown or black streaked, with two
reddish dots on the vertex between the eyes ; pronotum with a
greyish-white transverse band, the posterior border greyish-white ■
tegmiua brownish, the veins black, delicate, with numerous spots^
dashes and atoms between the veins which are locally coalesced
into larger spots, such a spot is found in the middle of clavus, at
hinder end of which two rounded hyaline dots are prominent, a

^^ Fig. 17

Uzelina laticeps.

more indistinct hyahne dot is commonly before the black spot a
nearly quadrangular black spot behind the middle of the costal
margin, before this an indistinct transverse hyaline band, behind
It the outer border as well as the tips of the anteapical cells
hyaline, the outer two transverse veins at tip triangularly margined
with brownish, a brown spot in each of the terminal cells ; wings
fuhginous; face and lower side and the legs deep black; knees,
tibiae and tarsi of anterior and intermediate legs rusty-brown'
tibiae dotted with black, posterior tibiae black, spines rusty-yellow'
bases of the joints of the tarsi and the claws rusty-vellow "'
{Melicliar.) '

Length S & ^ 1 millim.

Hab. Ceylon ; Bundarawella {Jide Melichar).

T 2

268 JASsiD^.

I do not at present propose a division for the reception of the
following genus : —

Genus CHUDANIA, uov.

/ ^ Type, C. delecta, Dist.

Distribution. Northern India.

Vertex moderately broad and long, anteriorly subangularly
produced, about as long as breadth between eyes, the lateral
margins acutely reflexed, obliquely incurved in front of eyes ;
ocelli near the lateral margins in front of eyes, which are oblong
and projecting behind the anterior margin of the pronotum ; face
broad, narrowed posteriorly, somewhat globose, centrally carinate
on basal area ; pronotum about as long as vertex, slightly convex
at anterior margin, a little concavely sinuate at posterior margin,
lateral margins nearly straight ; scutellum shorter than pronotum,
transversely impressed before apical area ; tegmina broad, passing
apex of abdomen, costal margin rounded, apical cells four ; legs
somewhat short and slender, posterior tibias thickly finely
spinulose.

The surface position of the ocelli would seem to locate this
genus in the Tettigoniellinae, but their position near the lateral
edges and its general affinities have induced me to include it in
the Acocephalinous portion of the Jassinae. I am, however, in some
doubt as to its correct location, and for present purposes, and in
the present diverse opinions as to the characters of some sub-
families, it may be thus enumerated.

\/ r 2510. Chudania delecta, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum black ; lateral margins of

(^ Fig. 112— Chudajiia delecta.

vertex, eyes, ocelli and broad lateral margins to prouotum
stramineous ; apex of scutellum castaneous ; head beneath, sternum
and legs very pale ochraceous, basal margin of face narrowly

MUKAEIA. 269

black ; abdomen beneath testaceous ; teguiina stramineous, basal
margin of clavus broadly and angularly continued along claval
suture and occupying the whole of claval apex dark castaneous,
the whole apical area to tegmen pale castaneous, darker anteriorly
and posteriorly and centrally spotted with dark castaneous,
its anterior margin much angulated, at inner base or clavus
there is an oblique very pale stramineous spot; vertex, pro-
notum and scutellum very thickly finely punctate ; face with a
short central basal ridge and finely laterally transversely striate ;
marghis of the vertex acutely re flexed.

Length inch tegm. $ 6 millim.

Hah. Kurseong {Coll. Dist.).

I possess at present only a single female specimen of this species.

^ ^ Division MUKARIANA.

This division here includes three somewhat aberrant genera,
which by the structure of the face, strongly transversely impressed
across the base beneath the prominent overhanging anterior edge
of the head, has strong affinites with the Gyponinse. From this
subfamily it is, however, differentiated by the indiscernible ocelli,
and 1 therefore place it in the Jassinse.

C^ Synopsis of Genera.

A. Scutellum broad, its basal margin longer than

either of the lateral margins.

a. Vertex as long as or only a little shorter than

pronotum, subconically rounded in front,

more than half as long as breadth between /

eyes MuKARiA, p. 269. (^

b. Vertex short and transverse, convexly rounded .

in front, in length not more than half the r\ v^

breadth between eyes Buloria, p. 271. ^ y

B. Scutellum triangular Mohunia, p 272. h ^

^' ^ Genus MUKARIA, nov.

^ Type, M. pentJiimioides, Dist.

Distribution. India, Ceylon.

Vertex as long as or a httle shorter than pronotum, subconically
anteriorly rounded, more than half as long as breadth between
eyes, a submarginal impressed line from between eyes ; ocelli
indiscernible ; face long, strongly transversely impressed across
the base beneath the prominent overhanging anterior edge of the
head, narrowed towards clypeus ; eyes long, oblique, extending
backward over the anterior angles of the pronotum; pronoturu
arched, anterior margin convexly rounded between the eyes, a
little concave before scutellum, the lateral margins short ; scutellum
large, broad, its basal margin longer than either of the lateral
margins, transversely impressed before apical area ; tegmina
elongate, considerably longer than abdomen, widened posteriorly,
apical areas large ; tibia? spinulose.

^0

270 JASSID.E.

2511. Mukaria penthiinioides, sp. n.

Black, shining ; eyes piceoiis ; tegmina with the apical cellular
areas pale fuscous, a linear spot near middle of costal margin, and
an oblique transverse costal spot before apical area, white ; body
beneath black, legs greyish-white, posterior legs more or less

y

Fig. 173. — Mukaria penihimioides.

piceous, the posterior tarsi with the base and the whole of the second
joint A^ery pale stramineous ; anterior margin of vertex exhibiting
a distinct marginal ridge between the submarginal impressed line
and vertex ; pronotum very faintly transversely striate ; scutellum
finely transversely striate, somewhat faintly and irregularly
longitudinally impressed, with two small tuberculous callosities
before apex and a fine transverse impression before apical area ;
face centrally paler and transversely striate ; inner margins of eyes
brownish-ochraceous ; tibiae thickly finely spinulose.

Length 4 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Maskeliya (Green).

Q

2512. Mukaria splendida, sp. n.

Body shining black ; legs dull ochraceous ; tegmina shining
black, claval area (excluding base), a large costal spot beyond middle,
and a small costal spot before apex, stramineous, apical area
hyaline, more or less marginally fuscous ; wings hyaline, the
veins fuscous ; posterior margin of the last abdominal segment
ochraceous ; vertex about as long as pronotum, anterior margin
rounded with a submarginal impressed line from between
eyes; eyes brownish, their margins paler; face strongly trans-
versely impressed across the base beneath the prominent over-
banging anterior edge of the head, the disk ochraceous.

Length 4 millim.

BULOBIA. 271

Huh. Bengal ; Pusa (Lefroy).

A single example of this distinct species was sent to me by
Mr. Maxwell Lefroy.

^ Genus BULORIA, nov.

V 0 Type, B. gyponinoide?:, Dist.

Distribution. Bengal. ■/-

Allied to the preceding genus Mukaria, but differing by the
shorter and more transverse vertex which is only in length about
half the breadth between eyes, the anterior margin convexly not
subconically rounded ; face shorter and broader ; other characters
as in Miikaria.^

V 0 2513. Buloria gyponinoides, sp. n.

Black, shining, eyes piceous ; tegmina with a linear spot at
middle of costal margin, a transverse costal spot beyond middle
and the apical area white, the inner apical cell pale fuscous, the
apical margin fuscous outwardly black ; body beneath black, legs
very pale stramineous, posterior legs more or less piceous with the
apices of the femora and bases of the tibiae pale stramineous,

Fig. 174. — Buloria gyponinoides.

posterior tarsi black, their bases narrowly stramineous ; anterior
margin of vertex slightly ridged in front of the submarginal
transverse impression ; apical area of face and the margins of eyes
dull ochraceous ; scutellum strongly transversely impressed before
apical area ; tibiae longly spinulose.

Length 3| millim.

Hub. Calcutta.

272

^O

Genus MOHUNIA, uov.

V O Type, M. splendens, Dist.

Distribution. Tenasserim.

Vertex large, broadly subconically produced, about as long as
breadth between eyes ; ocelli imperceptible ; face narrowed
towards clypeus, impressed across the base beneath the somewhat
prominent "^ and overhanging anterior edge of the head ; eyes large
and oblique ; pronotum longer than vertex, the posterior margin
concave before scutellum, a little transversely convex between eyes,
lateral areas deflected ; scutellum triangular ; tegmina considerably
longer than abdomen, three apical areas, transversely veined a
short distance from base ; posterior tibise lougly spinulose.

The impressed face near base gives this genus a resemblance in
that respect to the structure of the Gyponinse.

^ 2514. Mohunia splendens, sp. n.

Very pale ochraceous ; vertex with two longitudinal sanguineous
fasciffi, nearer eyes than to each other ; pronotum with the basal

mwi

; Vuoy IF

Jc

Fig. 175. — Mohunia sjplendens.

margin and four longitudinal fascise crossing disk and between
the two central fasciae a shorter one not reaching anterior margin,
sanguineous ; scutellum black, with two spots on each lateral
margin, one at apex, and a central line greyish-white ; clavus
with a broad curved fascia which occupies its inner basal margin

HECALUS. 273

and is outwardly carved before its middle, and a waved oblique
line from claval apex to bases of apical areas, sanguineous ; body
beneath and legs very pale ochraceous ; structural characters as
in generic diagnosis.

Length 4 millim.

Bah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

^Division HECALUSAUIA.

Body depressed ; vertex more or less flatly produced ; ocelli
placed on the apical margin of the head or near the eyes.

S)fnoj)sis of Genera.

A. Vertex not prominently angulate in front

of eyes. ^j

a. Tegmina with live apical cells . Hecalus, p. 273.

b. Tegmina with about six posterior dis- <;)

coidal areolets or cells Thomsoniella, p. 277.

c. Tegmina with four apical cells.

a. Lateral margins of face convex.

a'. Vertex twice or nearly twice as /

long as pronotum ; face about f\ v

three times longer than clypeus . . Nirvana, p. 281.

I/. Vertex about one-third longer

than prouotum ; face about twice ^ ^

as long as clypeus Kana, p. 285. ^

b. Lateral margins of face sinuate near q

insertion of antennae Platyretus, p. 289.

B. Vertex strongly obliquely angulate in front .

of eves Balbillus, p. 287. 0 ^

^ Genus HECALUS.

^ Hecalus, Stal, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1864, p. 65 ; id. Hem. Afr. iv,
p. 113 (1866); Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1879, p. 266; Atkim.
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 102 (1885).
0 Glossocratus, Fieb. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xvi, 1866, t. vii, f. 12 ; id.
Rev. Mag. Zool. (3) ii, p. 403 (1875).

O Type, H. payTcidli, Stal.

Distribution. Nearctic, Oriental, Australasian and Ethiopian
Eegions, in all probability more widely distributed.

" Body oblong or elongate, depressed ; head somewhat largely
or somewhat so, produced, apical margin acute, more or less broadly
foliaceous ; front dilated, somewhat deeply sinuate below the eyes ;

274 JASSID^.

face a little convex ; eyes small or moderate ; ocelli placed on
the apical margin of the head at or near the eyes ; pronotum
transverse, very obtusely rounded at the apex ; scutellum
triangular, a little broader than long ; tegmina almost as long as
the abdomen, margined at the apex, valvate behind the clavus,
with five apical cells ; legs moderate ; posterior tibiae very
spinose." (Stdl.)

Melichar located this genus in his Acocephalin^e, by the presence
and position of the ocelli. Van Duzee places it at the commence-
ment of the Jassinae in his tribe Dorydini.^

A. Vertex as long as or longer than jyronotum.

a. Pronotum longitudinally sulcated.

O
2515. Hecalus sulcatus, Fleb. (Glossocratus) Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien,
xvi, p. 513, t. vii, f. 18 (1866) ; Sign. (Hecalus), Ann. Soc. Ent-
Fr. 1879, p. 272, t. viii, f. 28 ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 103
(1885).

" Sordid yellow ; vertex parallel, parabolic in front, angles very
obtusely rounded ; pronotum with four elongated cavities in front,
finely transversely striated behind ; tegmina transparent, as long
as the abdomen, veins strong, yellowish, not margined, a blackish
dot at the point of the clavus ; abdomen above with two bands of
small brown patches, two at the base of each segment ; legs
entirely sordid yellow, unicolorous ; ventral segments parallel,
median lobe obtusely salient, sides sinuated." (Fieber.)

"Length § 11 millim."

Hub. " East India."

The strongly sulcated pronotum should render this species
(which I have not seen) easily recognizable.

b. Pronotum not sulcated.

0 2516. Hecalus umballaensis, sp. n.

Pale stramineous with a slight greenish tint ; vertex and
pronotum with pale fuscous longitudinal lines, six on the first,
eight on the latter ; scutellum with four longitudinal lines not
extending beyond the transverse impression ; tegmina with the
veins very pale fuscous, a small black spot at apex of clavus ;
body beneath and legs stramineous wdth a slight ochraceous tint ;
abdomen with the lateral segmental margins castaneous brown ;
vertex with the apical margin moderately reflexed ; the veins of
the tegmina very robust ; face with a series of small dark spots on

HECALUS. 275

its anterior margin ; anal segment in $ extending beyond apices
of tegmina.

Fig. 176. — Hecalus umhallacnsis.

Length incl. anal segment 5 6| millim.
Hah. Umballa {Ind. Mus.).

<7 2517. Hecalus lefroyi, sp. n.

Pale vireseent, in some specimens inclining to a pale greenish-
yellow ; coxae, bases of femora and metasternum, sometimes the
whole body beneath and legs, pale ochraceous ; tegmina with a

U Fig. 177. — Hecalus lefroyi.

small black spot at end of clavus ; vertex with an obtuse, arcuate
darker fascia, commencing near anterior margin of eyes and
continued to near anterior margin ; vertex of head about as long

0

276 jAssiD^.

as pronotum and scutellum together, somewhat broadly rounded
anteriorly ; pronotum rugosely wrinkled on anterior area, finely
closely transversely striate on posterior area ; face broad, mode-
rately globose, obliquely striate on its lateral areas ; posterior
tibiae long, spinulose.

Length excl. tegra. $ 10, exp. tegm. 14 millim.

Hab. Bengal ; Pusa, Purulia {Lefroy).

2518. Hecalus paykuUi, Stdl (Petal ocephala), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork.
p. 252 (1854) ; id. (Hecalus) Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1864, p. 65 ;
Sign. torn. cit. 1879, p. 270, t. vii, f. 26 ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv,
p. 103(1885); Melich. (Parabolocratus) Wien ent. Zeit. xxiv,
p. 300 (1905).

" Sordid whitish-yellow, smooth, shining, clouded with brown
on the vei'tex, the length of the median line, and transversely on
the pronotum, the tegmina and the veins of the same colour but
with a brown line on each side ; head defined on the margin only,
one and a half times longer than the pronotum, as long as breadth
between the eyes, angularly rounded, the sides almost parallel
above the eyes, then forming an angle at the tip, two excavations
on the vertex on each side ; face convex with a foliaceous border
anteriorly, grooved on the sides, border concave above the clypeus
which is iaroader at the base than at the apex but showing its greater
breadth in tlie middle, carinate medially ; rostrum very short ;
gense with the tip oblique from the clypeus to the eye forming a
very acute angle, concave, sinuous towards the clypeus and then
emarginate, concave near the eye ; pronotum a little more than
twice as broad as long, finely transversely striated on the pos-
terior half and with several less marked impressions anteriorly ;
tegmina opaque with four discoidal areas of which two are ante-
apical, five apical areas and three in the marginal space, a black dot
at the tip of the claval angle ; tegmina hyaline with the third
sector reunited at the internal branch of the bifurcation of the
second sector, then bifurcate and forming a long angular cell ;
pectus and abdomen yellow, the latter a little deeper towards the
base of the dorsal segments : the S bas the last segment of the
abdomen hardly longer than the preceding, apical margin straight,
a very small genital appendage ; genital plates very narrow at the
tip, almost as long as the hypopygium and pubescent on the sides,
the hypopygium a little broader and pubescent, the anal tube
surrounded by it and very little extending beyond it ; the 2 has
the last segment twice as long as the preceding, convex at the
superior margin, angular in the middle and weakly sinuated on
each side, the genital appendages or valvules are more than twice
as long as the preceding and the oviduct extends beyond them by
about one-third." {Bignoret.)

Length, c? 5 ; $ 6 millim. (Signoret).

THOMSONIELLA. 277

Hah. Sylhet ; Decca-Day {fide Signoret). East Africa {fide
Melicliar).

Signoret {supra) inclined to the opinion that the Ledra parva,
"Walk, described from Hong Kong was a synonym of this species.
Walker's species belongs to the genus Ledrotypa, Dist. (Ledrinse),
and is to be recognized by the presence of four dark granulose
spots on the scutellura.

In his habitats Signoret writes :—" Decca-Day — Coll. Dist.",
and " Sylhet — Brit. Mus.," but at present the species cannot be
found in either of these collections.

B. Vertex sliorter than pronohun.

2519. Hecalus? nervosus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 178 (1903).

" Tellowish-brown ; vertex shorter than posteriorly broad
between the eyes, in front leaf-like, compressed, strongly obtusely
angular, rounded off at tip, anterior margin acute, sligiitly raised,
a short deepened middle line in nape, two brownish spots near
posterior margin, and two brownish comma-shaped spots between
the eyes ; face as long as broad, a strong black transverse fascia
below the margin of the vertex, and two series of narrow trans-
verse lines shortened below ; pronotum as long as vertex in middle,
behind finely transversely stippled, with six brovA'n longitudinal
streaks truncated in front, each of the middle and lateral ones
approximate, lateral margins yellowish-white, near front margin
numerous brown spots and dots ; scutellum broadly triangular
with two short longitudinal streaks at base and between these a
line running to the apex, crossing the transverse line, and on both
sides of it a small oblique dash before the transverse line ;
tegmina brownish -yellow, costal margin yellowish-white, veins
strongly thickened and bordered with brownish; wings fuliginous ;
body beneath and legs yellowish-brown." {Melicliar.)

" Length ? 8 milHm."

Hah. Ceylon {fide Melichar).

A siugle specimen agreeing generally with the above description
was sent to me from Ceylon (without precise locality) by my very
helpful friend Mr. Green. It is to be distinguished from the other
species here enumerated by the shorter vertex.

O
Genus THOMSONIELLA.

C'Thomsonia, Sign. Aim. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1879, p. 51 *.
••-Thomsoniella, Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, p. 52 ; Atkins. J. A. S. B.
liv, p. 104 (1885) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceyhn,^. 171 (1903).

TyT^S^ T. porrecta, Walk.

* Signoret recognizing that his name Thomsonia was not sufficiently distinct
hovoyrhompsonia, previously used in Crustacea, rightly substituted^/ioffjswwe/te
for it.

278 JASSID^.

Distribution. From the Oriental Eegion to North Australia,
probably found in the Ethiopian Eegion.

Separated irom^Hecalus, Stal, by the presence of six discoidal
areolas. Body depressed ; head prolonged in front, foliaceous on
the anterior margin of the vertex, with a groove throughout its
entire length, vertex depressed, also the frous, the latter with the
grooves and lateral sutures extending to the anterior border of the
head : gense sinuated, rounded in the middle, the lores occupying
the entire space between the margin of the gense and the frontal
suture ; sides of clypeus almost parallel, rounded at the tip, one
and a half times longer than broad ; pronotum transverse, almost
broader than the head including the eyes ; tegmina transparent
hyaline witb a narrow marginal limbus ; other characters as in
^ Hecalus. (Signoret.)

2520. Thomsoniella porrecta, Walk. (Acocephalus) List Horn.
Suppl. p. 262 (1858) ; Melich. "(Thomsoniella) part., Horn. Faun.
Ceylon, p. 173 (1903).
0 Platymetopiiis lineolatus, Motsch. Etud. Ent.Viii, p. 114 (1859) ;
Kirk. \Y\\om%om&) Rep. Exp. Stat. Maw. Plant. Assoc, pt. ix,
p. 337 (1906).
0 Hecalus kirschhaumii, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1870, p. 737 ;
5iV/?».<^'f honisonielk) Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 188q^p. 52, t. i, f. 44 ;
Atkim. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 104 (1885) ; A7r^-.^homsonia) Rep.
Exp. Stat. Haw. Plant. Assoc, pt. ix, p. 338 (1906).

Pale ochraceous or greenish-ochraceous, with a small spot at the

Fig. 178. — Thomsoniella porrecta.
apex of clavus and another on the middle of the first apical area,

THOMSONIELLA. 279

black ; anterior margin of vertex usually blackish ; some obscure
longitudinal orauge-red fascise which are sometimes obsolete, in
other specimens visible as in the one here figured, these fasciae
number when fully discernible four on vertex, six on pronotum,
and three on scutellum ; vertex considerably shorter than breadth
between eyes, its anterior margin distinctly reflexed, ocelli in
groove very close to the eyes.

Length inch tegm. 4| to 6 millim.

Hah. Calcutta {Ind. Mus.) ; Pusa {Lefroy). Ceylon ; Pera-
deniya (Green), JSTewara Eliya {fide MotschouJslcy) ; Puttalam,
Negombo, Bandarawella {fide Melichar). Burma ; N, Shan Hills
{Brown). Maldive Islds. ; Minikoi {Gardner). — Philippines.
Queensland ; Cairns {fide KirkaJdy). ^

I have here figured AValker's type olT. porrecta contained in
the British Museum. The species is of a variable nature caused
by the frequent difficulty in discerning any trace of the longi-
tudinal orange-red fasciae.

0 o

2521. Thomsoniella rubrolineata, Motsch, ( Deltocephalus) 5i<«. ^Soc.
Nat. Mosc, xxxvi (3) p. 98 (1863).
•^Thomsoniella porrecta (part.), Melich. Horn. Fatm. Ceylon, p. 173
(1903). ^

" Elongate, medially a little arcuately dilated, posteriorly
truncate, shining, above somewhat bluish-green, longitudinallV
striped with red, margins flavous, body beneath and legs piceous,
abdominal segments margined with white ; apex of tegmina
infuscated ; head triangular, with two red lines, medially longi-
tudinally impressed, vertically subconcave, apex subreflexed, at
margin four minute black punctures ; front anteriorly subfuscoua,
with five minute white punctures (1, 3, 1), medially one rufously
arcuate ; eyes granulose, elongate-subconical, scarcely convex,
posteriorly not prominent, cinereous, posteriorly red ;' pronotum
with six lines, slightly broader than head, stroiigly transverse,
posteriorly convexly sinuate, posterior angles rounded ; lateral
margins indistinctly punctate ; mesonotum trapezoidal, with two
lines, medially finely bi-impressed, posteriorly arcuate ; scutellum
triangular, apex moderately red ; tegmina elongately-subovate,
medially a little broader than pronotum, obliquely striped with
red and also with four spots at apex, the stripes posteriorly
abbreviated, medially somewhat longer, the three posterior spots
short, the anterior line strongly elongate, situate between the
third and second stripes." {Motschouhly.)

" Length 2^ 1. ; lat. elytr. med. -i 1."

Hab. Ceylon ; Mont. Patanuas (fide Motschouhhy).

I have not seen this species.

280 JASSID.5;,

O 0 ^ ...

2522 Thomsoniella arcuata, Motsch. (Acocephalus) Etud. Ent. \\\v
p. 15 (1859) ; id. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxvi (3) p. 100 (1863) ;
MeJich. ifrhoinsoniella) Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 172 (1903) 5
^tVA;. ^(Thomsonia) Rep. Exp. Stat. Haio. Plant. Assoc, pt. ix,
p. 337 (1906).
^etigonia kalidasa, Kirk. Entomologist, xxxiu, p. 294 (1900).

Pale ochraceous or greenish-ochraceous ; an arcuated fascia on
vertex commencing near eyes, two arcuated fascise to prouotum, the
posterior one much the smallest, three longitudinal fascise to
scutellum, and longitudinal fascise to tegmina orange-red or
sanguineous.

Closely allied to T. porrecta. Walk., and differing principally,
or more" apparently, by the arcuated and not straight red fasciae
to the vertex and pronotum, and by the distinct (at least in all
the specimens I have examined) longitudinal red fasciae to the
tegmina.

Length inch tegm, 4^ to 6 milHm.

Hah. Ceylon ; Pundaluoya {Green), Newara Eliya {fide Mot-
scTiOMZsZcy), ' Peradeniya, Henaratgoda (fide MelicJiar). Maldive
Islds. ; Minikoi {Gardiner). — Queensland ; Cairns, Kuranda {fide
KirJcaldy).

2523. Thomsoniella viridis, sp. n.

Dark green, the veins of the tegmina very distinct and darker
in hue ; the tarsi and the apical areas of the tibia? pale tawny-
ochraceous ; apical margin of vertex strongly reflexed ; pronotum
(excluding anterior area) distinctly transversely striate ; scutellum
with faint longitudinal lines; apical margin of tegmina pale
tawny-grey traversed by the darker veins ; wings hyaline with an
iridescent tint : spinules to the posterior tibiae ochraceous.

Length inch tegm. 6 millim.

Hab. East Bengal, Eajshai {Ind. JIus.). Calcutta.

2524. Thomsoniella albomaculata, sp. u.

Pale ochraceous or greenish-ochraceous ; apical areas of tegmina
brownish with white spots ; vertex of head with the lateral and
apical margins somewhat strongly reflexed, extreme apical edge
piceous ; pronotum finely transversely striate ; scutellum with an
annulate line before the apical area ; in some specimens as the one
here figured there are two darker basal spots, but generally
these are obsolete ; abdomen above black, the lateral margins
somewhat broadly ochraceous and inwardly angulated, a subapical
narrow oreyish transverse fascia, the anal segment castaneous.

NIRVANA. 281

Length excl. tegm. 4| ; exp. tegm. 8 to 9 millim.

O

Fig. Yl%.— Thonisoniella alhomacidafa.

Hah. E. Bengal ; Pusa {Lefron). Calcutta {Lid. Mus.). Ceylon ;
Puudaluoja {Green).

^ Genus NIRVANA.

i^irvana, Kirk. Entomolocfist, xxxiii, p. 293 (1900) ; 3Ielich Horn
Faun. Ceylon, p. 1G5 (1903).

^ Type, N. pseudommatos. Kirk.
Distribution. British India.

" Head porrect, plane, nearly twice as long as pronotum ; the
lateral margins parallel so far as ocelli, subsequently very gently
convergent, apex subangular ; eyes longer than wide, produced
basally over the anterior margin of the pronotum, which is some-
what wider than the base of the vertex ; ocelli small, indistinct,
situated on the lateral margins of the vertex, at about half their
length from the base ; posterior margin of head concave ; frons
slightly concave ; antennte simple, very long ; scutellum slightly
shorter than pronotum ; anterior cosg3 free." {Kirlrddy.)

In the above generic indication Kirkaldy has made no mention
of the tegmina which have tliree or four apical cells bounded by
three longitudinal veins. Melichar has described the genus more
fully, but his artist in figuring two species (Hom. Paun. Ceylon,
t. V, figs. 4 & 5) has omitted the spinules to the posterior tibite,
which might lead to the supposition that they belonged to another
family. Sometimes th» veins are very delicate and indistinct as
shown in the figure or7\^. linealis (p. 282).

Kirkaldy originally placed this genus in the Acocephalous
Jassinse. He has since suggested it may belong to the Typhlo-
oybinae.

VOL. IV. xr

282 jAssiD^.

2525. Nirvana pseudommatos, Kirk. Entomologist, xxxiii, p. 293
(1900) ; Melich. Rom. Faun. Ceylon, p. 165 (1903j.

" Hyaline, eyes yellowish-brown, pronotum and scutellum
tinged with stramineous ; in the middle line of the vertex, close
to the anterior margin, is a large i*ound blackish-brown spot, from
which proceeds a thin median line of the same colour, terminating
at the base (" apex " auctt.) of scutellum; along the lateral margins
of the head (except apically) is a line of the same colour, continued
(in the same straight line) on the pronotum ; tegmina hyaline,
sparingly punctured, the punctures scantily piliferous ; membrane
pale salmon-coloured, a large round submedian spot and the
apical margin blackish-brown ; three faint fascise on the corium of
the same colour ; venti-al surface wdiitish, apex of posterior tibiae
and first segment of posterior tarsi blackish." (Kirlaldy.)

Length 4|millim.

Rab. Ceylon; Tundalnoja (Green, fide Kirhalchj).

1 have not seen this species, nor apparently has Melichar.
Kirkaldy stated that a coloured representation would appear in
another place, but this promise has apparently not been fulfilled.

y 0 2526. Nirvana linealis, sp. n.

Pale ochraceous-yellow ; vertex with the lateral marginal areas

Fig. 180.- -Nirvana linealis.

darker ochraceous, a small central piceous spot near apex and two
central longitudinal piceous lines which are united at basal margin ;

KIllVANA. 283

pronotum with the lateral margius darker ochraceous and with a
central piceous line ; scutellum transversely impressed before
apical area, the impression preceded by three central dark longi-
tudinal lines of which the two lateral ones are anteriorly united,
apex black ; body beneath and legs uniformly pale ochraceous ;
tegmina with the longitudinal veins very slender and indistinct,
two oblique dark lines beyond middle, commencing on costal
margin and directed inwardly about half across tegmen, enclosing
a darker ochraceous spot, the dark lines margined on their outer
sides with greyish-white ; vertex about twice as long as pronotum,
the ocelli placed near lateral edges a little before eyes ; face elongate,
obliquely transversely striate on each lateral area, an ovally detined
space at base ; tegmina witli the venation somewhat indistinctly
defined.

Length inch tegm. 5 millira.

Hah. Calcutta {Coll. Dist.).

I possess a single female specimen of this species.

d

2.527. Nirvana greeni, sp. n.

Pale stramineous ; vertex with a small central black spot near
apex and two central longitudinal black lines united on basal
mai'gin ; pronotum with a central black longitudinal line which
is continued for about two-thirds the length of scutellum the
apex of which is also black ; tegmina with the claval sutural
margin for about three-fourths its length from base black, this
black line then obliquely crossing clavus before its apex, a small
piceons spot at apex of clavus and another in a small testaceous
suffusion near apex, apical margin narrovi'ly testaceous, two dark
converging lines crossing costal area beyond middle and enclosing
a greyish space ; body beneath and legs uniformly pale stra-
mineous ; tarsal claws black ; ocelli testaceous.

Length inch tegm. 5 millim.

Hab. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green). X^

This species is allied to the preceding iV^. Unealis, from which it
can be at once separated by its paler and more uniform coloration,
the black claval sutural margin, &c. Mr. Green sent me a single
example.

^ 2528. Nirvana longitudinalis, sp. u.

Vertex stramineous with a somewhat large black spot before
apex and two central black longitudinal lines united at basal
margin; pronotum and scutellum very pale ochraceous, both
traversed by a central longitudinal black line ; head beneath and
legs stramineous ; sternum and abdomen very pale ochraceous ;
tegmina hyaline, the inner and claval areas pale roseate or some-
times ochraceous, a small piceous spot at apex of clavus and a
larger rounded black spot near apex of tegmen, two marginal
fuscous transverse lines near apical area of which the uppermost

u2

284 JASSID.5:.

is oblique, followed by a minute fuscous spot on costal margin ;
vertex not quite twice as long as pronotum, tlie ocelli near lateral
edges a little in front of eyes : face elongate, obliquely transversely
striate on eacb lateral area ; scutellura shortly transversely im-
pressed before apical area ; tegmina Avith the veins more clearly
defined than in the preceding species.

Length incl. tegm. 4| millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

0

2529, Nirvana SUturalis, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 166, t. v, f. 5
(1903).

Very pale stramineous ; a central black longitudinal fascia
traversing the vertex, pronotum and scutellum and continued
along the tegminal suture where it is outwardly notched and the
colour more piceous-brown ; a faint, transverse, angulate subapical
dark line to tegmina followed by a small black spot in inner apical
area, the inner apical margin from apex of clavus and an oblique
transverse line near apex ochraceous; vertex longer than pro-
notum, considerably narrowed to apex ; posterior tibiae longly
spinulose.

Length incl. tegm. 6 milhm.

Hah. Ceylon; Maskeliya {Green). Burma; Euby Mines
{Dolierty).

Mr. E. E. Green has enriched my collection with a single
specimen of this rare species from Ceylon and Mr. Doherty sent
me another example from Burma. Melichar described it from a
single Ceylonese specimen in the Berlin Museum.

V^ O 2530. Nirvana pallida, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 166, t. v, f. 3 a-e
(1903); Matsmn. Trans. Sa^jporo Nat. Hist. Soc. i, p. 21 (1905).

*' Pale yellowish-white, shining ; in the middle of the vertex a
pale white line running from the base to the tip of the front and
becoming indistinct, almost produced to the hind border of the
pronotum ; on the lateral borders of the vertex with the exception
of its tip an orange-yellow longitudinal streak on each side ; eyes
brownish-yellow^ ; face and antennae pale yellowish-white, on the
front indistinct transverse lines ; pronotum with an impressed,
curved, oblique line near the front margin ; scutellum at middle
of base as far as depressed transverse line whitish ; tegmina
transparent hyaUne, veins not visible, only distinct in apical part
where there are three terminal cells with a little brownish dot in
the middle one, on the costal margin beyond middle two brownish
marginal stripes of which the front one runs obhquely backward,
and the hinder one is almost transverse ; outside of apical margin
faintly tinged with brownish ; wings hyaline with tender white

KANA. 285

veins ; pectus, abdomen and legs pale yellowish-white, the back
sometimes tinged with orange-yellow." {Melichar.)

Length S 44, $ 5| millim.

Hah. Calcutta. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (fide Melichar), Diyawa
(Fletcher). Tenasserim ; Myitta {DolierUj). — Japan {fide
Matsumura).

2531. Nirvana decora, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 166, t, v, f. 4
(1903).
vb
" Similar to N. pallida, pale yellowish, with a clear yellowish

longitudinal stripe on each lateral side oE the vertex ; eyes
brown ; tegmina hyaline, the three longitudinal veins distinct,
delicate ; in the corium two oblique bright yellow narrow transverse
bands, the first close to the base, the second extending in the
middle as far as the claval suture, from there along the suture
turning upwards and then obliquely across the clavus to the
terminal margin, colouring it yellow to the base; above the series
of transverse veins runs an oblique brownish transverse stripe ;
wings hyaline with whitish veins ; underside and legs pale
yellowish-white." (Melichar.)

Length 9 5| millim.

Hah. Ceylon {fide Melichar).

/6

v^

Genus KANA, nov.

v6

Type, K. thoraeica, Dist.

Distrihution. British India.

Vertex about one-third longer than pronotum, subangularly
rounded anteriorly, moderately flattened, ocelli placed at a short
distance from lateral edges a little in front of eyes ; face only a
little longer than broad, truncate before clypeus which is
moderately broad and long ; pronotum convexly rounded an-
teriorly, the lateral posterior margins more or less obliquely
directed to base ; scutellum broad, subtriangular ; tegmina with
four distinct apical cells.

This genus is allied to Nirvana by the position of the apical
cells to the tegmina, &c., but it differs in the much shorter
vertex and face.

2532. Kana thoraeica, sp. n.

Head, pronotum and scutellum very pale greyish-brown ; vertex
with a sublateral orange-yellow fascia on each side ; pronotum
with two central longitudinal orange-yellow fasciae ; body beneath
and legs pale yellowish-grey ; tegmina pale shining greyish ; basal
claval margin "continued for a short distance along claval suture^

thence obliquely directed to upper claval margin and continued
obliquely and transversely to costal margin and a short transverse
stripe near base, orange-yellow, a transverse series of pale fuscous

V

d Fig. 181. — Kana thoracica.

/^

spots before the apical cells ; vertex somewhat longly produced
anteriorly, nearly one and a half times as long as pronotum.

Length 6 millim.

Hab. Ceylon; Pundaluoya (Green, Brit. 3Ihs.).

^ 2533. Kana ramificata, sp. n.

Head, pronotum and scutellum greyish-white ; sublateral
margins to vertex and an anterior arcuate fascia to pronotum
golden-yellow; scutellum golden-yellow; tegmina stramineous,

Fig. 182. — Kana ramificata,

the apical third more or less suffused with pale reddish and con-
taining some pale fuscous spots ; three transverse orange-yellow
fasciae, the first near base, the second oblique, near middle, and
the third nearer apical cells, all angularly connected on clavus ;

^

BALBILLUS. 287

head beneath, steruum and legs pale stramineous; abdomen
beneath orange-yellow; vertex broad, much narrowed anteriorly.

Length 5| miilim.

Hub. Ceylon (Oreen, Brit, Mus.).

2534. Kana ordinata, sp. u.

Vertex of head, pronotum and scutellum greyish-white ; pro-
notum with four longitvidinal fasciae and the base golden-yellow,
the former consisting of two central fasciae and one at each lateral
margin ; scutellum with a transverse series of golden-yellow spots
at base ; tegmina pale shining stramineous, the basal and apical
areas whitish subhyaline, a transverse sanguineous fascia near
base at the termination of the basal white area, and an obtuse
transverse fuscous tessellate fascia at middle of stramineous area ;
wings pale hyaline ; body beneath and legs very pale ochraceous ;
vertex concavely depressed, very little or scarcely longer than pro-
notum ; postei-ior tibiae thickly spinulose.

Length excl. tegm. 3 ; exp. tegm. 9 miilim.

Hab. Ceylon; Bogawantalawa, Maskeliya (G^/*ee?i).

2535. Kana illaborata, sp. n.

Pale yellowish ; vertex with a pale central whitish longitudinal
linear fascia a little widened at middle ; pronotum with a central
longitudinal line, and a subquadrate spot on each side near anterior
margin whitish ; tegmina with a broad transverse fascia before
middle and the apical area pale fuscous ; body beneath and legs a
little paler in hue ; vertex a little longer than pronotum, foveately
depressed, anteriorly subaugularly narrowed ; posterior tibiae finely
spinidose.

Length inel. tegm. 6 miilim.

Hab. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

The late Mr. Doherty sent me a small series of this distinct
species.

^

Genus BALBILLUS, nov.

V^ O Type, B. granulosus, Dist.

Distribution. Ceylon.

Vertex as long as breadth between eyes, anteriorly angularly
rounded, shortly obliquely perpendicularly produced before eyes,
the lateral margins thence obliquely a little roundly narrowing to
apex ; eyes of moderate size, obhquely directed backward over the
anterior angles of the pronotum, ocelli difficult to determine but
apparently situate on the anterior margin near eyes ; face about
twice as long as clypeus, anteriorly angularly produced in front of
the insertion of the antennae, behind which it obliquely narrows to
clypeus ; pronotum about as long as vertex, deflected on each side

■U:

288 jASSiD.i:.

at lateral areas, the anterior margin subtruneate, the posterior
margin a little sinuate, lateral margins slightly rounded ; scutellum
broadly subtriangular ; tegmina consideraljly longer than abdomen,
broad, ampliate, their apices rounded, the lateral margins mode-
rately convex, five apical cells, a very distinct anteapical cell near
inner margin ; legs moderately slender, the posterior tibiae strongly
spinulose.

2536. Balbillus granulosus, sp. u.

Vertex greyish-ochraceous, with three prominent black marginal
spots, one at apex and one on each side between eyes and apex ;
pronotum ochraceous, with darker macular suiiusions, a short
central black longitudinal line extending about one-third from an-
terior margin ; scutellum ochraceous with a large black spot near
each basal angle and a blackish central longitudinal line imperfectly
seen in the strongly-pinned typical specimen ; face with an anterior

A'- -A

Pig. 183. — Balbillus granulosus.

Bubmarginal dark line and an obscure darker central longitudinal
line ; body beneath and legs ochraceous ; tegmina ochraceous, the
costal and apical areas pale greyish, the subapical margin fuscous ;
the costal area as far as apical area thickly finely granulose, a
minute black spot at apex of clavus ; wings dark fuliginous.

Length 7 millim.

Hah. Ceylon {Green).

Mr. Green sent me a single example of this species.

PLATYRETUS.

289

0 Genus PLATYRETUS.
^ Platyi-etus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ccxjlon, p. 174 (1903).

Type, P. marginatus, Melich.

Distribution. Oriental, Australasian and Ethiopian Regions.

Vertex somewhat short, broad and spatulate, lateral margins
almost in a line Mith the outer margins of the eyes, conieally
rounded in front, ocelli placed near the apical margin of the head,
a narrow central longitudinal carinate line, the disk depressed a
little beyond base ; face attenuated, cheeks broad ; pronotum longer
than the vertex, convex, depressed on each side, the anterior
margin transverse and produced to between the eyes, centrally
longitudinally carinate, the posterior margin slightly concavely
sinuate ; scutellum large, broad, about as long as the pronotum,
subtriangular, transversely impressed before apical area and with
a central carinate line ; tegmina very much longer than abdomen,
the costal margin a little arched to beyond middle, then slightly
obliquely narrowed inwardly to apex, apical cells four, two trans-
verse veins on costal area before apex ; legs somewhat slender, all
the tibiae finely spinulose.

2537. Platyretus marginatus,

(1903).

Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylo

174

Above chocolate-brown, beneath with legs stramineous ; vertex
with three greyish spots on anterior margin, the central spot
smallest, three greyish spots on basal margin, the central one

Plaiyretus inarginatus.

transverse, the other two partly enclosing a dark centre, and a
central longitudinal pale line ; pronotum with slightly paler
wrinkles, a central pale longitudinal line, and with some obscure

290 JASSID^.

paler spots on anterior area; scutellum with four small spots on each
side, a central longitudinal line and the apex greyish ; tegmina
-with the costal area greyish for about half its length, before apex
it is hyaline and crossed by two transverse brown veins ; pronotutn
wrinkled and obscurely punctate ; scutellum transversely impressed
before apical area v^hich is transversely wrinkled, the apex smooth ;
face centrally smooth, obscurely striate on each lateral area.

Length inch tegm. <5 and $ 6 to 7 millim.

Hah. Bengal ; Palamau (Ze/roy) ; Calcutta (/wcZ. i/iw.). Ceylon
Peradeniya, Kala Oya {Green), Heuaratgoda {fide. Melichar).
Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

O
Division SELENOCEPHALARIA.

Vertex about half as long as breadth between eyes, more or less
rounded anteriorly ; ocelli on or near the anterior margin of the
vertex, and at or near the eyes.

Synopsis of Genera.

A. Vertex with the apical margin traus- O

versely sulcated Selenocephalus, p, 290.

B. Vertex not apically transversely sulcated,

the apical margin more or less reflexed
and ridged.

a. Veins of tegmina very distinct aud

brownly margined, the cellular areas Q

very pronounced Paramesxjs, p. 293.

b. Veins of tegmina normal.

a. Face not anteriorly ridged.
a' . Claval veins not connected.

«'-. Apical areas of tegmina reticu- q

lately veined Krisna, p. 297.

b'^. Apical areas of tegmina not _

reticulately veined Cened^us, p. 296.

h'. Two transverse veins on basal
area of tegmina, one in and the

other outside claval area .... Megabyzus, p. 294. *^
h. Face with an anterior submarginal

transverse ridge ; claval veins con- ^

nected by a transverse vein Acropona, p. 300.

C
Genus SELENOCEPHALUS.

Selenocephalus, Germ, m Silb. Rev. Ent. i, p. 180 (1833) ; Stdl,
Hem. Afric. iv, p. 108 (1866) ; Fieb. Rev. Mag. Zool. (3) iii,
p. 399 (1875) ; Atkitis. J. A. iS. B. liv, p. 105 (1885) ; Melich.
Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 169 (1903).

Type, S. obsoletus, Germ., a Palaearctic species.
Distribution. Palaearctic, Ethiopian and Oriental Eegions ;
probably more widely distributed

SELENOCEPIIALUS. 291

" Body oblong ; head short, broadly rounded at the apex, apical
margin sulcated ; vertex flat, horizontal ; face dilated, depressed
at base, lateral margins beneath the eyes slightly sinuate ; ocelli
situate in the sulcation at the apical margin of the head at or near
the eyes ; pronotum transverse, anteriorly rounded ; scutellum a
little broader then long, triangular ; tegmina extending beyond the
abdominal apex, membranaceous, apically margined, valvate behind
clavus, apical cells four or five ; legs moderate, posterior tibiae a
little compressed, densely spinulose." (Sttd.)

2538. Selenocephalus egregius, Stal, Ann. Soc Ent. Fr. 1864, p. 66 ;

Si<in. torn. cit. 1880, p. 62, t. ii, f. 52; Athins. J. A. S. B. liv,
p.' 105 (1885).

" Light olive-green, smooth, head with vermillion-red spots,
pronotum and scutellum glossy. Vertex very little broader than
the pronotum, rounded in front, not longer in the middle than
towards the eyes, with a biarcuated band of vermillion, margin
with a slight groove, ocelli a little remote from the eyes ; face with
the sutures concave, convex at tip, weakly impressed in front ;
lobes much rounded, genoe broad, apex convex, a httle sinuate in
front of the subocular piece ; pronotum two and a half times
broader than long, three times longer than vertex and with a
vermillion baud in front which starting from middle of anterior
margin proceeds obliquely towards middle of lateral margins where
it terminates in a round spot ; scutellum broader than long with
four round spots at base, two lateral towards the transverse striae
and the apex, vermillion; tegmina hyaline, golden-yellow with the
costal margin strong and vermillion to beyond the middle, veins
blackish, with the transverse veins blacker and with two lateral
spots along the border, three at the suture and the extremity,
black ; wings slightly infuscate with a paler space in the supple-
mentary cellule;" body and legs yellow-olivaceous, with deeper
shades at the base of the abdominal segments ; last ventral segment
in $ scarcely longer than the preceding, emarginate in middle
with a median lobe, the sides very oblique, trilobate ; valvules
thick, round, pubescent at the extremity ; hairs yellow at base,
black at tip ; oviduct blackish, just extending beyond the
valvules." (Signoret.)

Length $ 8 millim.

Hab. Burma.

T have not seen this species.

u

2539. Selenocephalus virescens, sp. n.

Vertex and head beneath ochraceous ; pronotum pale dull
olivaceous-green, its anterior margin ochraceous ; scutellum
ochraceous ; tegmina pale dull olivaceous-green, costal margin and
upper apical area ochraceous ; sternum ochraceous ; abdomen
beneath and legs pale testaceous, abdomen usually with a central

292 jAssiD^.

segmental longitudinal series of black spots ; abdomen above
black, its apex ochraceous ; vertex distinctly transversely impressed
before apex ; face smooth with transverse darker striae on each
side of anterior area ; clypeus with a small central tubercle ;
pronotum with a few faint transverse ridges ; scutellum trans-
versely and a little arcuately impressed before apical area; anal
appendage usually visible beyond the apices of tegmina ; tibiae
prominently spinulose.

Length 4 to 4| milUm.

Hah. Bengal ; Pusa, Laksam, Dacca {Lefroy).

The tegmina when expanded are more uniformlj" greenish-
ochraceous, and not olivaceous as when closed by retlectiug the
black abdomen beneath.

O
2540. Selenocephalus disparatUS, il/e/«s/(. Horn. Faun. Ceijhn,r>. 169
(1903).

" Somewhat long, elongated ; vertex twice as broad as long,
rounded in front, on its margin a furrow running from one eye to
the other, bordered above and below by a black line, the lower line

O

Fig. 185 — Selenoccphalus disparatus.

generally stronger than the upper, transversely impressed on
border of vertex ; face pale yellow, on temples on each side a
brown double spot and the antennal cavities brown ; pronotum
bro\^'nly spotted ; scutellum with indistinct rusty-brown triangles
in basal angles ; tegmina yellowish-grey, with delicate dark brown
veins and numerous small transverse dashes and dots between the
veins, on the three outer transverse veins three larger black
marginal spots ; wiugs greyish-brown ; body beneath and legs
pale yellowish, very sparingly spotted \Aith brown, posterior tibiae
with black spots at base of spines and the anterior and intermediate
tibiae outwardly with four or five black spots." (Ilelichar.)

PAEAMESUS. 293

Length c? 7 inillim.

Hah. Ceylon; Pattipola, Kandj, Negombo, Paradua (fide
Mehchar). ^"^

The typical specimen figured is from the Museum Honcrrois
and was kindly lent me for that purpose by Dr. Horvath. ^

o
2541. Selenocephalus dolens, Melich. llom. Faun. Ceylon, V 170
t. IV, 1. 20 (1903). ^ J tf- )

" Vertex furrowed and bordered by two black lines line of
vertex broader than line of face, ac ends "gewulstet," behind
these a transverse hne running from one eye to the other in
middle interrupted bow-like, arched; face pale yellow; second
]omt of antennae brown ; pronotum sparingly spotted with brown-
scutellum with a brown triangle in each basal angle and in the
middle with a deepened bow-shaped transverse line; tegmina
brownish-yellow, shining, not marked, with darker veins ; wines
tuhginous ; body beneath and legs pale yellow with black spots on
posterior tibia?." (Melichar.) *

" Length $ 7 millim."'

ffab. Ceylon (Jide Melichar.)

O Genus PARAMESUS.
Paramesus, Fieb Verh. z.-h. ges. Wien, xvi, p. 506 (1866); id. Rev
(l&) ^^ '"' ^' ^^^ ^^^^^^ ' ^'^''^'- ^''- ^^it-^^"'0P- p. 201

Type, P. nervosus, Pall., a Palsarctic species.

Distribution. Nearctie, Palaearctic and Oriental Eegions

" Margin of vertex linear, ridged above and below maro-in with
short fine transverse wrinkles parallel to margin, hollowed out on
the upper surface, the margin of vertex consequently somewhat
raised; the vvhole face very finely shagreened; clypeus somewhat
long, gradually widened to apex, almost spatulate, "ziigel "not ex-
tending to end of clypeus, cheeks and middle of the sides very
obtusely angulated, almost round ; pronotum in front very flatly
curved ; face to vertex on ridge nearly sub-right-angularly obtuse
to the clypeus suddenly narrowed ; ocelli on the ridge of vertex
near the eyes ; veins of tegmina distinct, the brown borderino- of
the veins strongly pronounced, the inner forked branch of first
sector connected with the internal vein by two transverse veins so
that there are two discai cells, three middle cells and five terminal
cells are also formed ; no marginal appendage. Direction of veins
m tegmina as n? Selenocephalus." (Melichar.)

Fieber locates this genus neav^Gonia(/nathus.

294 jASSid.

0
2542. Paramesus lineaticollis, sp. n.

A^ertex pronotum and scutellum ochraceous ; vertex ^dth an
arcuated 'transverse black fascia between the eyes, behind the
fascia is a short medial incised dark line extending to base ;
pronotum with five longitudinal narrow fasciae, the central
narrowest and darkest, those on each side paler, broader and
more brownish in hue ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; face
transversely brownly striate, medially longitudinally palely inter-
rupted on each side of clypeus a pale elongate spot outwardly
margined with black; abdomen beneath with a marginal series

Fig. 186.— Fararncsus lineaticollis.

of small piceous spots ; posterior tibia3 streaked and spotted
with piceous ; tegmiua dull pale ochraceous, the veins very
prominent and much paler, a central prominent discal brown spot
sometimes preceded nearer base by one or two smaller and linear
dark spots ; vertex short, transverse, rounded anteriorly, about
three times as broad as long; face sub -convex; tibi« longly
spinulose.

Length 5 to 6 milliin.

Hah. Bengal ; Pusa (Lefroy).

0r77.

Genus MEGABYZUS, uov.

/ O .

Type, M. signandiis, Dist.

Distribution. Ceylon.

Vertex broad, about twice as broad between eyes as long,
convexly rounded in front of eyes, the posterior margin concave,
ocelU on anterior margin a short distance from eyes and above the
insertion of the antenna? ; face broad, about three times as long as
the clypeus, sinuate inside the antennal cavities, thence roundly
sinuate to clypeus ; eyes large, obhquely covering the anterior angles
of the pronotum ; pronotum longer than vertex, anteriorly
rounded, the lateral margins medially angulate, convexly deflected

MEGABIZUS.

295

on each side, posterior margin coucave ; scutellum large, much
broader than long, the lateral margins obliquely straight, trans-
versely impressed before apical area ; tegmina considerably longer
than abdomen, the lateral margins convex, the apices roundly sub-
angulate, apical cells apparently four (imperfectly seen in type),
a series of long anteapical cells, two transverse veins about'one-
third from base ; intermediate and posterior tibiae spinulose.

O
2543. Megabyzus signandus, sp. u.

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous ; eyes piceous ;
body beneath and legs ochraceous ; femora more or "less piceous-
tegmina ochraceous, the apical area pale greyish subhyaline, claval
area black, inwardly more ill-defined and marginally broken into
short irregular lines, beyond the clavus three broad irregular
transverse black fasciae, the uppermost shorter, the other'' two

Fig. 187. — Megabyzus dgnandus.

reaching the lateral margins, the intermediate with two small
greyish dots, three small black spots, two of which are discal, the
other marginal beyond middle ; vertex with a short dark medial
line not extending much beyond base, the ocelli red ; pronotum
with obscure darker spots, the most prominent of which are two
central near anterior margin and one on each lateral area;
scutellum with faint pale markings which appear under aVery
strong light as in figure {supra). ^

Length 6 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Amotapuro (6-Veen).

A single example received from Mr. G-reen.

296

0 Genus CENED^US, nov.

Type, C. horvathi, Dist.

Distribution. Bombay.

Vertex about half as long as breadth between eyes ; broadly
rounded anteriorly, a little sinuate in front of eyes ; ocelli on
anterior edge near eyes ; face about twice as long as clypeus,
arched, lateral margins somewhat roundly narrowing to clypeus,
cheeks broad, laterally subangulate ; pronotum a little longer than
vertex, its anterior margin rounded, lateral margins convex,
posterior margin truncate ; scutellum short, broad, lateral margins
obliquely straight, transversely impressed near middle, longi-
tudinally foveately impressed on basal area ; tegmina longer than
abdomen, four apical cells, the one near costa longest and at its
base united by a transverse vein to apex of costal area and also to
the base of a long anteapical cell, two short transverse veins on
basal area ; posterior tibiae longly spiuulose.

2544. Cenedaeus horvathi, sp. n.

Pale stramineous with a slightly greenish tint ; eyes inwardly
blackish ; tegmina paler and more greyish on apical area ; body
beneath and legs more ochraceous than above ; face finely trans-
versely striate, interrupted by a pale smooth longitudinal fascia,

Fig. 188. — Cenedmis horvathi.

cheeks much paler than the face ; vertex smooth, subconvex,
anteriorly deflected, with a short central incised line at base ;
pronotum with an interrupted, subarcuate incised line before the
anterior margin; scutellum with three central longitudinal

KRISNA. 29?^

foveations on basal area, uot extending beyond the transverse
impression.

Length 5 millim.

Hah. Bombay {Biro — Mus. Hongrois).

Dr. Horvath o£ Budapest kindly submitted a specimen of this
distinct species for determination.

^ Genus KRISNA.

0 Siva, S2nn. Mem. di Matern. e di Fis. Soc. Ital. Modena, p. 167
(1852) ; Sm, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 112 (18C6); Sign. Aim. Soc. Etit.
Fr. 1880, p. 197 ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 107 (1885) ; Melich.
Mom. Faun. Ceylon, p. 107 (1903), nom. pneocc.

^^risiia. Kirk. Entomologist, xxxiii, p. 243 (1900), n. nom.

<5 Eogypona, Kirk. Entomologist, sxxiv, p. 38 (1901).

Type, K. strigicoUis, Spin.

Distribution. Ethiopian and Oriental Eegions.

Body very oblong, somewhat depressed, above slightly convex ;
vertex narrower than the pronotum, short, rounded anteriorly
or obtusely subangularly rounded, anterior margin somewhat acute
but not foliaceous, vertex horizontal, flat, about twice as broad as
the eyes ; face dilated, frons and clypeus somewhat flat ; frons
longer than broad ; clypeus spatuliform ; genae broad with the
angle more or less angular and more or less emarginate ; ocelli
placed at the eyes on the anterior margin of the head ; pronotum
transverse, anteriorly narrowed, twice as broad as long, slightly
rounded at anterior margin, almost straight before the scutellum,
lateral margins acute ; scutellum triangular, a little broader than
long ; tegmiua barely extending beyond the abdominal apex,
apically narrow, irregularly veined ; legs moderate, posterior
femora compressed, posterior tibiae very spinose. (Atkinson.)

In the description of this genus I have followed Atkinson, who
has extracted the principal characters given by the above
mentioned writers.

*^ a

2545. Krisna strigicoUis, Spin. (Siva) Mem. di Matem. e di Fis. Soc.

Ital. Modena, p. 167 (1852) ; Sign. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880

p. 198, t. vi, f. 64 ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 108 (1885) ;

Kirk. (Krisna) Entomologist, xxxiii, p. 243 (1900).
Acocephalus stramineus, Walk. List Horn, iii, p. 847 (1851) ;

Sign. Afin. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1879, p. 88 ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv'

p. 102 (1885).
0 Bythoscopus testaceas, Walk. J. Linn. Soc, Zool. i, p. 173 (1857).
<3Bytlioscopus indicatus, Walk. List Horn., Suppl. p. 266 (1858).
{?Selenocephalus costaHs, Stdl, Freg. Eug. Resa, Ins. p. 290 (1859) •

id. fSiva) Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1864, p. 66 ; id. Of v. Vet.-Ak

Fork. 1870, p. 736.

Pale ochraceous, sometimes with a slight virescent tint ; two

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298

small black spots at apes of vertex and one at apex of each
clavus ; vertex with the anterior margin reflexed and often more
or less sanguineous ; pronotum strongly transversely striate ;

0 '< ^'^

Fig. 189. — Krisna strigicollis.

scutellum with an oblique impression near each lateral angle and
an arcuate impression before the apical area which is strongly
transversely striate ; tegmina rugulose and punctate; wings milky-
white ; face usually with two darker sublateral fasciae which are
united posteriorly ; posterior tibiae strongly spinulose.

Var. Upper surface more or less testaceous-brown.

Length inch tegm. 9| to 15 milHm.

Hah. Bengal ; Kanti, Pusa, Dacca, Eaniganj, Memari {Lefroy) ;
N.W. Prov,, Mussoorie {Lefroy) ; Calcutta {Lid. Mus.) ; Kangra
Valley {Dudgeon) ; Bombay {Dixon) ; Nilgiri Hills {Hampson\
Dum Dum (Paiva — Ind. Mus.). Burma ; Euby Mines {Doherty).
Tenasserim; M.yitta{Do?i erty). — Malay Peninsula; Perak {Doherty).
Cambodia {Mouhot — Brit. Mus.). Java. Borneo. Celebes.
Sangir {Doherty). Philippines. Xorth China {Brit. Mus.).

This widely distributed species is very variable in size and
somewhat variable in markings. The largest specimen I possess
is from Perak, and the smallest from Tenasserim. In some
examples the two black spots at the apex of the vertex are absent.
I have figured Walker's type of strconineus.

2546. Krisna striata, Kirby iGvpona), Joum. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv,
p. 171 (1891) ; Melich. tSiva) Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 167 (1903).
<?? kirbyi, Kirk. Entomologist, xxxiii, p. L>94 (1900).
O Eogypona kirbyi, Kirk. Entomologist, xxxiv, p. 39 (1901).

" Yellowish-green (perhaps grass-green during life) ; tarsi, front
tibiae, and front of head, which is semicircular, reddish, the latter
usually edged in front with black ; pronotum and scutellum
transversely striated ; wings clear hvaline." {Kirhy.)
^ K. striata is very closely allied to*^. strigicollis and is doubtfully

KEISXA. 299

distinct. In all the specimens I have seen the two black spots at
the apex of the vertex are always absent ; the insect is a more

Fig. 190.— Krisna striata.

slender one, and there are some differences in the venation of the

wings which may or may not be constant. I have figured Kirby's

type.

0 Var. Base of pronotum and basal and inner areas of tegmina

testaceous.

Length incl. tegm. 10 to 12 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Kandy, Maskehya, Pundaluoya (Green), Pera-
deniya, Moruwale, Gamaduwa, Haputale, Keigalle (fide Jlelichar).

2547. Krisna sherwilli, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous ; abdomen above
testaceous-red ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; tegmina
golden-yellow ; wings hyaline, slightly fuliginous ; vertex about
half as broad as breadth between eyes, finely transversely striate,
its central area somewhat foveately depressed, its apical margin a
little reflexed ; eyes more or less fuscous ; pronotum very distinctly
transversely striate, its anterior area somewhat greyishly tomen-
tose ; scutellum somewhat discally depressed and less ochraceous
and more testaceous than the pronotum, exhibiting an ochraceous
spot in each basal angle, arcuately transversely impressed near
middle, beyond which to apex it is distinctly transversely striate ;
anterior areas of the abdominal segments above paler and more
ochraceous in hue ; the ocelli on the margins of face and vertex
castaneous ; face laterally transversely striate, its anterior area
arcuately transversely striate ; posterior legs compressed, the
femora apically spinulose, the tibiae laterally longly spinulose.

Length excl. tegm. $ 8 ; exp. tegm. 20 millim.

Hab. Sylhet ; Chandkira (Sherivill).

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300

Genus ACROPONA.
•^Acropona, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 168 (1903).

Type, A. jjrasina, Walk.

Distribution. /Cej]on; Maldive Islds. ^

" Similar t^Gypona aud Krisna ; differs from Gypona by the
ocelli lying on the front border of the vertex near the eyes and
from°A>m?« by the two claval veins being connected with each
other by a transverse vein, and by the short vertex, broader than
long, ridged in front and with the eyes as broad as pronotum,
whereas in^Krisna the vertex is distinctly narrower ; face broad ;
rostrum short ; otherwise as in "krisna. The direction of the
veins in the tegmina is different. {Melichar.')

In Acropona the face possesses a distinct anterior transverse
submarginal ridge.

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2548. Acropona prasina. Walk. (Gvpona) List Horn., Suppl. p. 258
(1858) ; Melich. (Acropona) Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 168 (1903).
<^ ? walkeri, Kirk. Entomologist, xxxiii, p. 294 (1900).
'^Eogypona walkeri, Kii-k. Entomologist, xxxiv, p. 39 (1901).

Above pale green, beneath with legs ochraceous or pale
virescent ; eyes purplish-red ; vertex about as long as half the
width beWeen eyes, its apical margin a little recurved, scutellum

Fig. 191. — Acrojwna 2:)rashia.

transversely arcuately impressed before apical area ; tegmina with
about half of costal area broadly subhyaline ; posterior tibiae densely
spinulose.

Length inch tegm. 10 millim.

GESSITJS. 301

Hah. Ceylon {Brit. Mies.); Kaudy, Maskeliya (Green), Pera-
deniya, Henaratgoda, Pundaluoya (jide Melichar). Maldives ;
Heddufuri {Gardiner).

The figure is taken from "Walker's unique type in the British
Museum.

Division TAUT ESS US ARIA.

Vertex about or more than three times broader between eyes
than long ; ocelli on or near the anterior margin of vertex and
nearer eyes than to each other.

Syyiopsis of Genera.

A. Both pronotum and vertex angularly pro- q

duced in front of eyes Tarte.ssus, p. 302.

B. Pronctum not angularly produced in front

of eyes. ^

a. Pronotum three times as long as vertex . Gessius, p. 301,

b. Pronotum twice or little more than twice

as long- as vertex.

a. Face about as long as broad at base.
a'. Cheeks broad, not obliquelyangulate.

a"^. Head beneath broader between _

eyes than long Drabescus, p. 304.

b-. Head beneath as broad between

eyes as long Cestius, p. 309.

b'. Cheeks somewhat narrow but

obliquely angulate Goniagnathus, p, 310. '^

b. Face longer than broad at base Kutara, p. 308. o

Genus GESSIUS, nov.
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Type, G. verticalis, Dist.

Distribution. Burma.

Vertex transverse, rounded between the eyes, three times
broader between eyes than long, outer margins of eyes in line
with the margins of vertex ; ocelli on anterior margin of head,
nearer to eyes than to each other ; head beneath long and broad,
face somewhat small, narrowing to clypeus ; clypeus widened
posteriorly, its apical margin ridged, sinuately reflexed ; lateral
margins of the cheeks ridged, reflexed ; pronotum about three
times as long as vertex, arched, a little anteriorly narrowed,
lateral margins obHquely straight, anterior margin convexly
rounded, concave before scutellum which is subtriangular, its apex
slender; tegmina longer than abdomen, valvate behind clavus,
four apical cells, three anteapical cells, clavus coarsely linearly
punctate ; posterior tibiae strongly spinulose.

302

2549. Gessius verticalis, sp. n.

Head, pronotum, scutelhim, body beneath and legs shining pale
ochraceous ; scutellum with three large darker spots, one central
and one at each basal angle ; tegmina pale ochraceous, the claval
area fuscescent, this colour longitudinally continued to apex of
tegmina ; vertex finely transversely striate with a faint central

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Fig. 192. — Gessius verticalis.

longitudinal line ; ocelli purplish-red; pronotum finely transversely
striate, foveately depressed on each side behind eyes ; tegmina
with a minute black spot on middle of basal margin, clavus longi-
tudinally coarsely punctate, face obscurely transversely striate on
each lateral area.

Length incl. tegm. $ 11 millim.

Hah. Burma; Euby Mines (Z>o7ierty).

Genus TARTESSUS.

*^artessus, Stdl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1865, p. 156 ; Siffti. Ann. Soc.
Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 347 ; Spangb. Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1877, no. 9,
p. 3.

Type, T. fermgineus, Walk .

Distribution. Eastern British India ; Malay Peninsula and Archi-
pelago.

Body obloug ; vertex broad, short, in front of eyes strongly
angularly-roundly produced, shorter or narrower at apex ; head
beneath strongly reclinate, face moderately flattened, a little nar-
rowed posteriorly ; eyes large, oblique ; ocelli placed on margin of
vertex near eyes ; pronotum large, anteriorly very strongly, roundly,

TAKTESSUS.

303

and subaugularly produced ; scutellum longer than broad, about
as long as pronotum ; tegmiua oblong, apex somewhat valvate,
apical cells five ; posterior tibia? densely spinulose.

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2550. Tartessus ferrugineiis,^rt//c. (Bythoscopus) List Horn, iii,
p. 865 (1851); Stal (Tartessus),' Ofy. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1870,
p. 738 ; Sif/n. Ami. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1880, p. 356 ; Spangb. Of v.
O Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1877, uo. 9. p. 7 *.
Bythoscopus malayus, Stdl, Fre(j. Bug. Rem, Ins. p. 290 (1859) ;
'/^.'^artessus) 'Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1865, p. 156 ; Sign. Ann.
^ Soc. Ent Fr. 1880, p. 357^
biarcuatusf unilineatus, ajj^^^inifascia, Walk. MS.

Vertex, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs golden-
yellow ; abdomen above black with the segmented margins, an
oblique spot on each side of base and a broad posterior margin to
penultimate segment ochraceous ; tegmina bronzy -yellow, the veins
black or piceous, and the costal area black to beyond middle ;

Fig. 193. — Tartegsus fcrriigincus.

wings bronzy-yellow, the venation piceous, an oblique piceous spot
near outer margin ; head beneath with an arcuate marginal black
band between the eyes ; lateral margins of sternum broadly black ;
pronotum finely transversely striate; scutellum strongly trans-
versely impressed before apical area ; spinules of posterior tibiae
long and robust.

Length incl. tegm. 9-11 millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Mjiii^i {Boherty). — Malay Peninsula ; Perak,
Malacca. Java. Mysol. Ke. Aru {Brit. Mus.). Japan {fide
Matsumura).

* Spangberg {mpra) and Matsumura (Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc. i,^p. 20,
1905) ascribe this species to Stal, who, however, correctly referred^ it to
Walker.

304

Genus DEABESCUS.

^Drabescus. Stal, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1870, p. 738; Atkins.

J.A.S.£.\iY,-p. 109 (1885).
*- Dabrescus, Siyn. Ann. Soc. But. Fr. 1880, p. 207 ; Melkh. Horn.

Faun. Ceylon, p. 170 (1903).

Type, D. remotus, Walk., from the Philippines.

Distribution. India, Malaya. (Probably much more widely
distributed.)

OceUi remote from the eyes, almost more so than the antennae ;
anterior tibiae above broadly subsulcate ; superior margin of the
anterior tibiae distinctly dilated (StM). Vertex broadly transverse,
short, moderately concave, the anterior margin ridged ; head
beneath much broader than long, the face a little longer than
broad, somewhat flat ; pronotum transverse, much broader than
long, anterior margin convex ; scutellum large, broad, subtrian-
gular ; tegmina \a ith four large distinct apical cells divided by
smooth veins, the remaining venation puuctate.

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2551. Dral)escTis nervosopunctatus, Sipi. (Dabrescus) Ann. Soc
Ent. Fr. 1880, p. 209, t. vii, f. 72 '; Atkins. (Drabescus)
J. A. S. B. liv, p. 109 (1885).

Yellow spotted with brown ; vertex very short, at least four
times as broad as long between the eyes, a little longer towards
the eyes than in the middle, in front a blackish patch and in the
middle a black median line ; ocelli as remote from the eyes as
from the median line ; frons black, very finely rugose, almost as
long as broad at the base, which is yellowish, but bounded on the
margin itself of the head by a blacker line which is continued on
the eyes in a lighter shade ; " scrobe " oblique, reaching the vertex at
the level of the eyes ; clypeus black, cai-inate, spatuiiform, rugose,
and with two small excavations at the tip ; genae yellow with a
blackish spot beneath ; the antennae punctured with yellow dots,
almost as broad as long, with the border free, straight from the
clypeus to the external angle of the eye, with a weak sinuosity
above the anterior coxae and a stronger one beneath the eyes ;
antennae very short, yellow, the base of the second joint and the
third joint black ; pronotum nearly thrice as broad as long,
yellowish-brown, with brown spots furnished with hght yellowish
round dots, finely transversely striated in all its length ; scutellum
brown, with irregular, long or round yellowish dots ; tegmina
golden yellow-hyaline, in appearance rugose and furnished with
brown almost black veins with regularly placed white dots ; a fascia
at the basal third and almost the upper half brown, lighter in the
middle, but forming deep spots on the side in a line with the
transverse discoidal vein on the suture at the level of the tip of
the clavus, in a line -with the transverse veins of the apical cellules,
extremity of the apical cellules and the limbus blackish ; wings
h3'aline, infuscate at apices; pectus and legs yellowish-brown,
bases of the spines of the posterior tibiae and the tips of the claws

DBABESCUS.

305

blackish ; abdomen yellow, with the median part of the upper
surface broadly black, a narrow median band on the under surface,
the apex of the last segment and the oviduct black ; $ with the
last segment twice as long as the preceding, weakly sinuate at the
tip with a very small extension in the middle. (Si(j)ioret.)

Length 5 10 millim.

ffah. " North India."

I have not yet seen this species in any of the Indian collections
which I have examined.

2552. l)rabesciis angulatns, Sion. (Dabrescus) Ann. Soc. Ent. Ft:
1880, p. mo, t. vii, f. fS; AtJcins. ^rabescus) J. A. S. B.
liv, p. 110 (1885),

In appearance very like D. nervosopunctatus, Sigu., from which
it differs by the vertex being angular in the middle, frons longer ;
tegmina rugose although hyaline, the rugosities very close to each
other, yellow, whitish at the apex and streaked with black in the
hollows which they form, veins brown alternated with white dots,
clavus w4th two transverse veinlets, one between the two veins
and the other between the anal vein and the claval suture ;

Fig. 194. — Drabi'scus angulatus.

tegmina with a white, rugose, hyaline, basal fascia, a broad fascia
streaked black, a white hyaline fascia, a broad fascia streaked with
black on the anteapical areas, the length of the apical cells of a
golden hyaline-yellow, glossy not rugose, the marginal border
deeper infuscate with a brown spot at the tip of the fourth external
apical area ; vertex very short, angularly rounded in front, a little
longer in the middle than towards the eyes, concave in the latter
direction, convex in the middle, the extreme edge forming a light
yellow ridge bounded on the vertex by a black line, on the frons
by a black fascia confluent with the frons itself, which is black,
yellowish-brown at the tip and along the sides, longitudinally
striated and without lateral grooves. Other cliaracters as in
D. nervosopunctatus, except that the $ has the last ventral segment
strongly emarginate in the middle, sinuated on the sides, the angles

306 JASSID^.

augularly rounded, and at this point twice as long as the preceding
segment, although in the middle it is hardly as long ; oviduct and
genital plates yellow, the latter a little shorter of the two.
(Signoret.)

Length excl. tegm. 8 ; exp. tegm. 20 millim.

Mab. " North India " (Jtde Signoret). Mussoorie {Lefroy).

I have copied Signoret's description and figured a specimen
from Mussoorie which agrees with it.

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2553, Drabescus conspicuus, sp. n.

Vertex of head testaceous, its anterior margin black ; pronotum
ochraceous, its anterior margin white ; scutellum ochraceous, its
apical area whitish ; head beneath with the anterior area black,
the posterior area stramineous, extreme anterior margin white,
face black, its lateral margins and a spot at inner margin of each

Fig. 195. — Drabcscus cunsjncuus.

eye pale castaneous ; body beneath piceous, lateral areas of pro-
and raesosterna stramineous, the first with a large black spot ;
legs pale brownish-ochraceous ; tegmina pale brownish-ochraceous,
the veins darker marked with small whitish spots, a transverse
whitish fascia across middle, the clavus, costal margin and t\\-o
costal spots behind middle piceous-brown ; vertex shghtly longer
at apex ; pronotum transversely striate, with paler speckles on
posterior disk ; apical area of scutellum a little foveate ; face
finely longitudinally ridged.

Q Var. Head beneath with the anterior area and the face testa-
ceous.

Length inch tegm, 7 millim,

Rab. Ceylon ; Peradeuiya ( Green).

2554, Drabescus stramineus, sp. n.

Allied to the preceding species, IJ. consjpicuvs, but with the
vertex distinctly longer and apically more angulate ; tegmina
brown, refl.ecting on their lateral areas a large abdominal strami-

DlfABESCUS. 307

neous spot ; body beneath and legs stramineous, a black spot on
each side of prosternum ; anal appendage beneath, in $ inwardly
and outwardly margined with black ; head beneath and face

O
Fig. Vdi6.—Brahc6cus stramineus.

stramineous, anterior margin between the eyes piceous, its
extreme anterior edge whitish ; vertex transversely ridged ;
pronotum thickly finely transversely striate; scutellum strongly
transversely impressed before apical area.

Length inch tegm. 10 millim.

Hah. Nilgiri Hills {Hmnpson).

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2555. Drabescus Igetisigna, Walk. (Bythoscopus) J. Linn. Soc, Zool.

i, p. 174 (1857).

Head, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs pale ochra-
ceous ; anterior margin of vertex, two spots near anterior margin,
a broken narrow discal curved fascia and lateral margins to pro-
notum, two small central spots at base and three at apex of
scutellum orange-red ; tegmina pale ochraceous-hyaline, the costal
area and a basal spot orange-red, veins brownish, three spots on
inner margin of clavus, a narrow transverse discal spot before
middle, two larger subcostal spots beyond middle, two smaller
ones in a line with them near inner margin, and the apical margin
piceous ; apical margin of vertex somewhat strongly reflexed ;
pronotum very finely transversely striate, the orange- red markings
a little raised ; scutellum strongly transversely impressed before
apical area, the apex and apical lateral margins raised.

Length incl. tegm. 10 millim.

Rah. Tenasserim; Mjitta(Doherttf). — Borneo; Sarawak (Tra??rtce
— Brit. 2Ius.).

0 0

2556. Drabescus limbaticeps, -SiJa/JSelenocephalus), Ofv. Vet.-Ak.

Fork. 1858, p. 453; 3/e/«c/<. (Dabrescus) Hoin. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 170 (1903).

" Posteriorly narrowed, plumbeous ; front, geuoe towards base,
vertex and thorax ferruginous, head towards apical margin paler,

308 JASSIDJE.

above and beneath terminating in a transverse black line, vertex
and a number of minute spots on anterior margin of prouotum
paler ; scutellum with the basal half infuscate, apical area less so ;
tegmina obscure pellucid vinaceous, veins fuscous speckled with
white, a discoloured medial fascia."

" Head broader than pronotum, broadly subangulately rounded,
anteriorly distinctly attenuated ; vertex subarcuate, medially longi-
tudinally and on each side transversely obliquely rugulose ; front
to\\ards base transversely depressed, longitudinally rugose ; gense
rugulose; pronotum medially three times longer than the vertex,
anteriorly rounded, scarcely longer than scutellum ; tegmina tecti-
form, a little passing the abdominal apex, excepting the four apical
areoles, rugose, from the commissure outwardly by degrees decreas-
ing in size ; spines to the posterior tibiae with black punctures."
(St&l)

"Length $ 9, breadth 3 millim."

" Hab. Ceylon (Coll. Dolirn)r

Melichar has included this species in the genus Dralescus,
though Signoret did not follow this course. I have no personal
knowledge of it.

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Genus KUTARA, nov.

Type, K. bnmnescens, Dist.

Distribution. Ceylon.

A'ertex broad, transverse, convesly rounded anteriorly, short,
about equal length throughout, ocelli small, obscure, on anterior
margin at a short distance from eyes ; face narrowed on apical
area towards clypeus, the apex of which is distinctly broadened,
cheeks very broad ; pronotum about twice as long as vertex,
anterioi'ly moderately produced and rounded between eyes, the
lateral margins nearly straight, posterior margin transversely
sinuate ; scutellum large, broad, its apex linearly produced, a
transverse incision before apical area ; anterior and intermediate
legs of moderate length, posterior tibiae somewhat long and thickly
longly spinulose ; tegmina moderately broad and short, apical cells
five, three transverse veins (sometimes only two) in claval area,
a transverse vein to radial area. (The venation better seen and
understood by the typical figure.)

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2557. Kutara brunnescens, sp. n.

Vertex stramineous, smooth, with an anterior transverse black
line, sometimes centrally widened into a transverse black spot ;
pronotum pale brownish with darker mottlings, its anterior area
usually but not always suffused with black ; scutellum dull ochra-
ceous with an obscure spot near each basal angle, centrally mottled

CESTIUS. 309

with browu, the apical area pale ; head beneath ochraceous,
the autennal cavities piceous, the face with a dark central longi-
tudinal line and short dark transverse lateral striatious on each

Fig. 197. — Kutara hruime^cens.

side ; body beneath and legs ochraceous ; tegmiua pale olivaceous-
brown, the veins piceous-brown and with piceous-brown maculate
markings in the apical and anteapical cells, apical margin infuscate;
posterior tibiae streaked and finely spotted with piceous-brown.

Length $ 6|-7 millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Kandy {Green).

Genus CESTIUS, nov.
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Type, C. versicolor, Dist.

Distribution. Bengal.

Vertex about three times as broad as long, transverse, mode-
rately globose, anteriorly rounded; eyes projecting beyond the
lateral margins of the pronotum, ocelli on anterior margin near
the eyes ; head beneath about as long as breadth between eyes,
face about as long as broad at base, lateral margins a little sinuate
before eyes, from insertion of antennae angularly narrowed to
clypeus which is about half as long as face, margins of cheeks
sinuately rounded, not angulate ; pronotum transverse, nearly
twice as long as vertex, lateral margins rounded, posterior margin
truncate, convexly rounded between eyes, the disk convexly arched ;
scutellum broader than long ; legs moderately slender, posterior
tibiae strongly spinulose ; tegmina extending beyond the abdominal
apex, costal margin convexly rounded, four apical cells, one or
two (inconstant) transverse veins near base ; wings broad,
ample.

310 jassidjE.

2558. Cestius versicolor, sp. n.

Vertex ochraceous ; pronotum and scutellum greenish-ochra-
ceoas ; body beneath and legs ochraceous ; abdomen above black,
the lateral and posterior segmental mai'gins ochraceous ; tegmina
dull grej'ish irrorated with brown, the brown markings most
prouiinent before and beyond middle and on apical area, and
usually leaving three pale spots on costal margin ; vertex short,

Fig. 198. — Cestius versicolor.

transverse, about three times broader than long, with two small
dark spots near base of the same colour as the ocelli ; pronotum
with two transverse foveations near anterior margin and a larger
one near each lateral margin ; face smooth with a few obscure
darker striations on each lateral margin ; tibioe finely longly
spinulose.

Length 4| to 5 millim.

Hab. Bengal ; Pusa {Lefroy).

Genus GONIAGNATHUS.

^Goniagnathus, Fieb. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xvi, p. 506 (1866) ; id.
Rev. May. Zool. (3) iii, p. 409 (1875) ; Van Duz. Tr. Am. Ent.
6'oc. xix, p. 299 (1892) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Cetjlon, p. ISO (1903).

Type, 6r. hrevis, Herr.-Sch., a Palsearctic species.
Distribution. Nearctic, Palsearctic and Oriental Eegions ; pro-
bably more widely distributed,

" Body short, robust, compressed, broad ; vertex three or four
times as broad as in middle long, the border broadly rounded off to
the front ; ocelli on the passage from vertex to front on inner side
of frontal sutui'e ; face as long as above broad, or about twice as
broad as at clypeus, with punctate spots on the transverse stripes;
clypeus rectangular, at base somewhat narrowed, " ziigel " broad,
semicircular, cheeks broad, forming an obtuse angle on the outer
side ; pronotum nearly three times as long as vertex, strongly
obliquely striped and wrinkled, on front border smooth ; tegmina
broad, covering tip of abdomen, with strong veins, the simple

GONIAGNATHUS. 311

inner sector connected with the inner fork of outer sector by-
two obhque veins ; legs strong, posterior tibiae with strong
bristles." {Melichar.)

2559. Goniagnathus punctifer, Walk. (Bytlioscopus) Ins. Saund.,

Horn. p. 104 (1858) ; Atkins, ^^ythoscopus) J. A. 8. B. Iv,

p. 199 (1886).
O Goniagnathus spurcatus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 181

(1903).
<^ Goniagnathus elougatus, Leth. Bull. Sue. Zool. France, 1892,

p. 209.

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum brownish-ochraceous, the
vertex with, some obscure darker spots ; abdomen above black, the
segmental margins narrowly ochraceous ; body beneath and legs
castaneous-brown or brownish-ochraceous, sternum with a piceous
fascia on each lateral area sometimes absent, legs annulated with

O

Fig. 199. — Goniagnathus punctifer.

piceous ; tegmina pale brownish-ochraceous, the costal margin and
veins finely spotted with brown ; wings pale fuliginous and with
a greyish-white streak beneath radial area ; pronotum very finely
transversely striate ; head beneath brownish-ochraceous ; face
finely transversely brownly striate, medially palely longitudinally
interrupted, cheeks with irregular brownish lines.

Length excl. tegm. 6 ; exp. tegm. 12 mm.

Hah. East Himalayas ; Kurseong {lad. Mus.). Bengal ;
Calcutta {Ind. Mus.) ; Pusa (Lefroy) ; Surat (Lefroy) ; Mussoorie
(Lefroy) ; Mahe {Descliam_ps). Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green),
Colombo, Negombo, Kandy (Mus. Hongrois). Lower Burma ;
Taungoo {Bingham). Maldive Islands ; Minikoi {Gardiner).

312 JASSID^.

o
The specimen figured is a cotype of Melichar's G. spurcatus in
the Budapest Museum ; the description is mainly taken from
Walker's unique type in the British Museum.

2560. Goniagnathus nervosus, Melich. Horn. Fmm. Ceylon, p. 180
(1903).

" Yellowish-brown, finely duskily sprinkled ; vei'tex about four
times as broad as medially long, in front broadly rounded, disk
arched, finely longitudinally " nadelrissig," along the front margin
somewhat transversely impressed witli two reddish-brown bow-
shaped transverse bands, the front margin itself pale yellow ; eyes
not prominent, brown ; head beneath yellowish spotted w^ith
brown and reddish-brown ; face on sides with several black trans-
verse lines irregular in middle and which coalesce in places, cheeks,
" ziigel " and clypeus spotted with reddish-brown, antennae brown ;
pronotum thickly and finely sprinkled with brown, with fine
greyish longitudinal stripes of which the middle one is continued
on the scutellum ; scutellum thickly sprinkled with brown, a
deepened transverse Hue in middle ; tegmina broad, yellowish-
brown, with strong thickened veins which are accompanied by five
brown atoms and irregularly spotted, the costal marginal vein
spotted with brown ; wings fuliginous with dark veins ; pectus
yellowish-brown ; coxal lamiuaB below the cheeks brown and palely
margined ; abdomen yellowish-brown, thickly spotted with brown ;
legs longitudinally striped with brown, the disk of tibise striped
with brown, tips of tarsi and claws brown." {Melichar.)

" Length cT & $ 6 millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (fide Melichar).

This species, which I have not seen, may prove to be a variety
of the precedin^(9. jmnciifer, Walk.

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2561. Goniagnatlius uniformis, sp. n.

Ochraceous, legs very pale testaceous ; vertex, pronotum,
scutellum and tegmina uniformly ochraceous, apical area of
tegmina a little paler ; eyes and ocelli purpHsh-red ; vertex short,
transverse, three times broader than long ; pronotum very finely
transversely striate ; face pale ochraceous, the lateral areas much
darker ; tibiae longly, finely spinulose.

To be separated from the preceding species by its uniform
coloration and the non-prominent venation to the tegmina.

Length 5 millim.

Hab. Bombay Presidency ; Surat (Lefroy).

Mr. Lefroy sent a single example of this species.

313

y 0 Genus MESARGUS.
Mesargiis, Melich. Horn. Faun. C'eyloyi. p. 175 (1903).

^ ^ Type, M. asperatus, Melich.

Distribution. Ceylon.

" Head with eyes broader than pronotum ; vertex narrow,
band-like, in the middle narrowest, at the eyes deeply excavate,
anteriorly towards the front " kantig abgesetzt," the front below
the border of the vertex concave, on the border of the vertex stand
the ocelli which are nearer to each other than to eyes ; face broader
than long, front lyre-shaped, above arch-line margined, antennal
cavities very deep, bordered above and on each side by a sharp
ridge, cheeks on outer margin rather flatly bayed ; " ziigel "
very prominent by sharply deepened sutures, somewhat arched,
not enclosed by the cheeks ; clypeus very short, deepened, at the
pectus depressed ; rostrum extending to middle coxae ; pronotum
seen from the side very strongly arched, at front margins strongly
depressed, deeply punctured ; scutellum short, broadly triangular,
a broadened transverse line at middle ; tegmina narrowed behind,
rounded off at tip, parchment-like, deeply wrinkled and punctured,
veins strong, prominent, outer longitudinal vein forked near base,
second longitudinal vein simple, three anteapical and five short
apical cells ; legs short, tibiae strongly angulate, rather flattened,
widened, posterior tibiae without bristles." {Melichar.)

I have not seen this genus, but from Melichar's description and
/^figure, both of which are here reproduced, it is allied to my genus
' Moonia {ante, p. 197) which I have placed in the Bythoscopiuae.
It differs iYoxa'^Moonia by the structure of the vertex, pronotum
and scutellum, but the venation of the tegmina and structure of
the head beneath have much in common. It is, however, in the
position of the ocelli that we appear to differ as to the location of
these genera. The ocelli only being seen in front has been my
reason for placing" J/oonia in the Bythoscopiuae, and if that vievf is
iio\ind^''^Mesargus (which I only know by figure and description)
should be placed near it, and not in the Acocephalous Jassinae as
advised by Melichar.

(j) i^562. Mesargus asperatus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon p. 176^ t. iv,
f. 12, a, c (1903).

" Yellowish-brown, strongly wi'inkled and punctured, eyes
somewhat long and oval, large, brown ; face yellowish, strongly
punctured, upper part brown as far as the heart-shaped frontal
suture ; pronotum deeply punctured, dark brown, sprinkled with
numerous small clear white dots, anterior border broad, pale
brownish-yellow, on each side near anterior margin a little humped
elevation, the very fine whitish middle line on surface of
pronotum very indistinct ; scutellum short, broadly triangular, a
deepened transverse line in middle ; tegmina narrowed behind and

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314

rounded at tip, parcbment-like, deeply wrinkled and punctured,
dark brown, veins brown, set witb remote wbite spots, in middle
of clavus a hyaline transverse whitish fascia and a second fascia on
anterior third of corium which runs from costal margin to claval

Fig. 200. — Mesargu^ asperatus.

suture, a large white spot behind tip of clavus, the apical margin
of membrane dirty-white ; wings fuliginous with dark veins ;
pectus and abdomen brownish-yellow, punctate ; legs brownish-
yellow, the flattened strongly ridged tibiae sprinkled with bi'own,
tips of tarsi and claws brown." {Melicliar.)

" Length $ 5 millim."

Hah. Ceylon ; Henaratgoda {fide Melichar).

I have no personal knowledge of this species.

^ Division THAGEIARIA.

A section to be recognized by the long and narrow face ; vertex
produced in front of eyes, usually long and narrow with the
margins ridged, thus giving the disk a foveate or excavate
appearance.

Synopsis of Genera.

A. Vertex twice as long as broad.

a. Scutellum large, broad, considerably longer

than pronotum

b. Scutellum small, not longer than pronotum,

B. Vertex only a little longer than broad.

a. Face concavely narrowed at eyes from which

it is not separate Pugla, p. 318.^

b. Face with the lateral margins straight or

almost straight, subparallel, and well sepa-
rate from eyes.

a. Vertex wider at apex than at base ; face

a little more than twice as long as

broad Sooetana, p. 319. '

b. Vertex not narrowed at base ; face a little

more than three times longer than broad. Varta, p. 320. ^

Thagria, p. ^15P
Mukwana, p. 317.^

THAGRIA. 315

^ Genus THAGEIA.
^Thagria, Melich. Horn. Fmm. Ceijlon, p. 176 (1903).

Type, 2\ fasciata, Melich.

Distribution. Ceylon.

" Near Jassus. Vertex longish, oval, narrow, attenuated behind
and anteriorly, carinate on sides, the surface excavated ; face long,
narrow, nearly parallel-sided ; clypeus nearly half as long as face*,
spatulate in shape, passing end of cheeks ; rostrum extending to
posterior coxae ; pronotum distinctly carinate in middle ; tegmina
extending to tip of abdomen, somewhat widened behind and
rounded-off, venation as in Jassus ; from the latter genus Thagria
differs strongly by the structure of the vertex and the carinate
pronotum." (Melichar.)

The scutellum is large and broad, and longer than the pronotum.

O

2563. Thagria fasciata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 176, t. iv,

f. 9 a (1903).

" Vertex white, its tip, a band between the eyes broken in the
middle, and a small spot in the nape, black, at the tip to the vertex
are three black spots surrounded by white rings, the lateral points
represent the front ends of the lateral carinse of the vertical
margin ; face black, in the middle longitudinally wrinkled, on
the sides with transverse rows of dots ; clypeus, " xiigel," and a
spot on the cheeks black; antennae pale yellow; pronotum and
scutellum brown, pale yellowishly confluently punctured ; tegmina
brown with numerous yellow to orange dots, and a similarly
coloured broad transverse band beyond the middle, which is
usually divided into three spots, the marginal spot especially
encloses a dark marginal spot or is divided into two marginal spots,
apical veins with orange-yellow dots ; wings fuliginous ; underside
black, margins of segments bordered with white ; legs yellowish,
posterior legs rather darker." {Melichar.)

"Length 5 6 millim."

Hah. Ceylon {fide Melichar).

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2564. Thagria signata, sp. u.

Body and legs ochraceous ; vertex with a transverse fascia in
front of eyes and a spot at apex black ; face near base with a
longitudinal marginal black spot on each side, and a minute central
black spot at base, the striations on each side a little darker in
hue ; scutellum with a brownish triangular spot on each basal
angle ; segmental abdominal margins a little darker ; tegmina pale
ochraceous, the veins paler, a transverse series of fuscous-brown
spots before apex, the costal spot largest, beyond this transverse
series the veins are spotted with fuscous- brown ; wings pale

* This character requires modification, and is better expressed as more than
a third as long as face.

t2

316 jassidjB.

fuliginous, the veins piceous; vertex centrally foveate, strongly
laterally ridged ; pronotum discally granulose, centrally longi-
tudinally ridged ; clypeus scarcely more than one-third the length
of face ; posterior tibiae longly and finely spinulose.

Fig. 201. — Thagria signata.

Length excl. tegm. $ 7; exp. tegm. 12 millim.
Hah. Ceylon {Green, Coll. Dist.).

Mr. Green has sent me a single specimen of this well-marked
species.

2565. Thagria pedestris, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum pale ochraceous or greyish-
ochraceous, vertex with a small spot at apex, two elongate sub-
apical spots divided by the central ridge, two spots near middle
divided by the central ridge, and a spot on lateral margins in front
of eyes, black; behind the middle spots are two short oblique
piceous hues and some small piceous spots on basal margin;
pronotum with fine piceous mottlings ; scutellum with a piceous
spot near each basal angle : face pale ochraceous with a central
longitudinal series of fine piceous mottlings, a black spot on each
side of base, the lateral areas with transverse black ridges, cheeks
pale ochraceous, posteriorly mottled with piceous, behind eyes an
elongate black spot, the lateral margin ochraceous ; eyes blackish
with their margins ochraceous ; sternum and body beneath black ;
anterior and intermediate legs ochraceous, streaked with brown,
apices of femora and tibiae pale ochraceous, tarsi spotted with
black; posterior legs black, the tarsi ochraceous spotted with
black ; tegmina pale dull greyish-ochraceous, the veins whitish
spotted with piceous; vertex finely obscurely centrally ridged,
excavate and laterally ridged ; pronotum finely transversely striate,

MUKWA.NA.

317

with a strong central longitudinal ridge ; scutellum transversely
impressed before apical area, between which impression and base
is a central longitudinal carinatiou ; face long and narrow ;
posterior tibiie strongly spinulose.

Length inch tegm. 6| millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Hakgala ((rreen).

Mr. Grreen sent me a single specimen of this well-marked species.

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Genus MUKWANA, nov.

Type, M. introducta, Dist.

Distribution. Ceylon.

Vertex somewhat longly triangular, centrally longitudinally
foveate, more profoundly so in front of eyes than between them,
attenuated anteriorly and posteriorly, the lateral margins ridged ;
face elongate, angularly narrowed at base, strongly sinuately
narrowed at inner margins of eyes ; pronotum centrally carinate,
the anterior margin moderately convex, the posterior margin a
little concavely sinuate ; scutellum small, triangular, not longer
than pronotum, transversely impressed beyond middle; tegmina
slightly passing the apex of the abdomen, somewhat broad, the
costal margin rounded, apex truncately rounded, apical cells four ;
posterior tibiae long and thickly finely spinulose.

2566, Mukwana introducta, sp. n.

Vertex black, the basal area between eyes and the lateral ridges

Fig. 202. — Mukwana introducta.

more or less brownish ; eyes piceous margined with brownish ;
head beneath (including face and clypeus) black ; pronotum
brownish reticulately speckled with piceous ; scutellum brownish

318 jAssiDjf;.

(imperfectly seen in badly pinned type) ; tegmiua pale brownish,
the costal area and a transverse fascia before apex black, near the
apex of the black costal fascia is a linear subtriangular golden-
yellow spot, on the transverse fascia a series oE small yellovi^ spots,
the veins in pale apical area spotted with black ; body beneath
black, anterior and intermediate legs ochraceous, coxae and poste-
rior legs black, an apical annulation to posterior tibiae and annu-
lations to posterior tarsi ochraceous ; face obscurely punctate ;
pronotum granulose and with some obscure longitudinal lines on
each lateral area.

Length incl. tegm, 6 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Kurungala ((rreeu).

^ Genus PUGLA, nov.
0

Type, P. sigilhtris, Dist.

Distrihution. Tenasserim.

Vertex subconically produced in front of eyes, the apex mode-
rately nodulose, depressed or foveate on disk, a central incised
line at base ; eyes very large, obliquely elongate ; face elongate,
concavely sinuate at inner margin of eyes, narrowed to clypeus
which is slender and moderately widened posteriorly ; cheeks
large and broad ; pronotum about as long as either vertex or
scutellum, anterior margin strongly subangularly produced between

Fig. 2m.~Pugla. »i<jiUaris.

the eyes, sinuate behind eyes, lateral margins nearly straight,
posterior margin a little concavely sinuate; scutellum broad,
deeply impressed befoi-e apical area, apex shortly acute ; legs
moderately short, posterior tibiae thickly spinulose ; tegmina some-
what broad, passing apex of abdomen, four apical cells, the inner-
most largest.

SOORTANA. 319

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2567. Pugla sigillaris, sp. n.

Vertex pale ochraceous at base, dark ochraceous at apex ; eyes
dark greyish with fuscous mottlings ; pronotum pale ochraceous,
with a transverse arcuate pale line on anterior disk and two dark
ochraceous central longitudinal fasciae ; scutellum ochraceous,
two oblique pale whitish lines on disk connected on apical margin
enclosing a distinctly palei' area centrally marked with a longi-
tudinal brownish line, the lateral areas dark ochxMceous outwardly
margined with whitish ; face pale ochraceous, the basal area darker,
brownish-ochraceous, and spotted with whitish, the basal margin
pale with two central black spots, at inner margins of eyes narrowly
blackish ; cheeks dark ochraceous ; body beneath and legs ochra-
ceous, the legs a little paler in hue ; tegmina greyish-white, tinted
with ochraceous in claval area, the veins ochraceous or brownish-
ochraceous, some prominent whitish spots in claval and apical
areas, the apical cells more or less hyaline and shaded with
fuscous.

Length inch tegm. 5 millim.

Bah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

Genus SOOETANA, nov.
o

Type, S. simulata, Dist.

Distribution. Ceylon.

Vertex somewhat long and narrow, much wider at apex than at
base, its anterior margins almost in a line with the outer margins
of the eyes, centrally carinate, discally foveate, lateral margins
ridged, at base suddenly narrowed and terminating in a slender
sulcate process ; ocelli near anterior margin of vertex a little in
front of eyes ; eyes extremely large and oblique, slightly over-
lapping the anterior lateral angles of the pronotum ; face elongate,
narrow, lateral margins subparallel, basal margin a little conically
produced ; clypeus nearly half as long as face, truncate posteriorly ;
rostrum reaching the intermediate coxae; pronotum transverse,
very short, much shorter thau either vertex or scutellum, its lateral
margins strongly inwardly oblique ; scutellum broadly subtrian-
gular, strongly transversely impressed before apical area ; legs
somewhat robust, all the tarsi spinulose ; tegmina moderately
short and broad, not passing anal appendage, costal area broad,
apical cells four.

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2568. Soortana simulata, sp. n.

Vertex pale luteous, its anterior half, margins, and costal carina-
tion darker ; eyes brownish-ochraceous ; pronotum ochraceous, its
anterior margin, particularly behind eyes, black ; scutellum pale
luteous ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, apical area of abdomen
and anal appendage black ; tegmina piceous with many sanguineous
spots, the spots on apical area more lunulate and ochraceous, base

320 JASSIDJE.

o£ costal margin black, sometimes interrupted, costal area beyond
middle ochraceous, crossed by obliquely transverse piceuus spots
or lines (these are inconstant, being sometimes spots, and in
other specimens lines) ; pronotum somewhat coarsely granulose ;
scutellum smooth with a deep transverse impression ; face elongate,
flattened, the lateral margins obtusely ridged.

Length inch tegm. 7 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Kandy (Grem).

Soortana dmulata.

In the colour and markings of the tegmiua this species has a
very considerable resemblance to Jassus pulcheUus, Kirby ; but
without further information or field observation, there is no
reason to apply the now somewhat loose term " mimicry."

Genus VARTA, nov.

Type, V. rubi-qfasciata, Dist.

Distribution. Bengal.

Vertex subtriangularly produced in front of eyes, the margins
ridged, ocelli on anterior margin near apex ; face very long and
narrow, medially ti-ansversely indented, more than twice as long
as clypeus ; pronotum transverse, shorter than vertex, convexly
angulately produced at anterior margin, lateral margins oblique ;
scutellum broadly subtriangular ; tegmina a little longer than
abdomen, apical cells four, the upper three preceded by three
subapical cells in oblique series ; wings somewhat large and
ample.

VARTA. 321

V

2569. Varta rubrofasciata, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum pale virescent ; vertex with
two central longitudinal sanguineous fasciae between which there
is a slender dark line, the apical margin with four small piceous
lines ; pronotum with four and scutellum with two longitudinal san-
guineous fasciae ; abdomen above and beneath black, the posterior
segmental margins obscure virescent, the apex and anal appendix
brownish-ochraceous, the posterior margin of the first with pale

Fig. '2^b.— Varta ruhrofasciafa.

greyish spots ; head beneath pale obscure virescent, on each side
of face an oblique sanguineous fascia, base of face with angulate
black linear markings ; eyes darkly maculate ; sternum and legs
ochraceous, femora more or less streaked with black ; tegmiiia
pale virescent with longitudinal sanguineous fasciae which do not
extend through the apical area, the upper part of which contains
some angulate piceous markings ; wings hyaline.

Length excl. tegm. 5| ; exp. tegm. 10| millim.

Hah. Bengal; Pusa (Lefroy).

I only know this beautiful species by a single female specimen.

Division JASSUSARIA.

This division diflFers from the preceding, Thagriaria, by the non-
lateral ly ridged and non-discally foveate or excavate vertex, the
lateral margins of which are more or less obliquely basally narrowed
at inner margins of eyes.

322

Synopsis of Genera.

A. Vertex more or less elonoately produced in front

of eyes.

a. Vertex about or nearly twice as long as breadth

between eyes ; face narrow, elongate, more or
less triangularly produced in front of eyes.

a. Vertex centrally longitudinally carinate, the y

lateral margins sinuate Dussana, p. 322. O ^

b. Vertex not longitudinally carinate, the

lateral margins obliquely straight Uharmma, p. 323. O

b. Vertex a little longer than broad between eyes;

face broad, not elongately produced in front

of eyes Sabima, p. S24:.0

B. Vertex not elongately produced in front of eyes.

a. Face with the lateral margins broadly concavely

sinuate before middle '. Guliga, p. 326. <^

b. Face with the lateral margins more or less

convexly rounded.

a. Vertex not longer than pronotum ; scutellum

longer than pronotum .Tassus, p. 327. O

b. Vertex longer than pronotum ; scutellum

not longer than pronotum Arya, p. 338. 0

c. Face somewhat sinuately narrowed to clypeus.

a. Vertex broader than long ; pronotum about

three times broader than long, its posterior

margin truncate Kunasia, p. 339. 0

b. Vertex about as long as broad ; pronotum

medially about half as long as broad, its

posterior margin concavely sinuate Myittana, p. 340. ^

/ "^ ^ Genus DUSSANA, nov.

O

Type, I), qucertnda, Dist.

Distribution. Ceylon.

Vertex longer than pronotum, subtriangular, centrally longi-
tudinally carinate, the lateral margins I'idged, apex narrowed and
moderately upturned, ocelli not discernible ; face moderately
elongate, centrally longitudinally carinate; pronotum narrowed
anteriorly, centrally longitudinally carinate, transversely striate ;
scutellum transversely impressed before the apical area ; tegmina
somewhat slender, considerably passing the apex of the abdomen,
apical cells four ; legs moderately long and slender, posterior
tibiae finely spinulose.

2570. Dussana quserenda, sp. n.

Black; a central longitudinal line to vertex, apical area of
scutellum, costal area of tegmina — neither reaching base nor apex
and posteriorly broadened — two linear streaks on inner margin,
the first and longest claval, and the second and shortest near apex

DHARMMA.

323

of clavus, legs, and abdomen beneath, stramineous ; eyes
fuscous-brown; vertex coarsely punctate, moderately foveate on
each side of the central carination ; face obscurely punctate ; pro-
notum discally finely transversely striate, distinctly centrally
longitudinally carinate : scutellum finely granulose on basal area.

Fig. 206. — Dussana qitcerciida.

the pale apical area smooth ; tegmina very finely and obscurely
punctate ; pronotum a little longer than scutellum, but considerably
shorter than vertex.

Length incl. tegm. 6 millim.

Rab. Ceylon (Green).

Mr. E. E. Grreen kindly sent me a single specimen of this
species, without precise locality, but labelled " ex Coll. J. P."

Genus DHARMMA, nov.

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Type, D. projecta, Dist.

DistribiUion. Tenasserim.

Head angularly produced in front of eyes, vertex about twice
as long as space between eyes, the lateral margins obliquely
straight, transversely impressed near anterior margins of eyes ;
ocelli indistinguishable ; face long, somewhat flattened ; pronotum
and scutellum of about equal length, the former with the anterior
margin convex between the eyes, the posterior margin truncate ;
scutellum subtriangular ; tegmina moderately long, their apices
rounded, claval area long, apical veins four ; legs moderately
slender, posterior tibise thickly, somewhat longly spinulose.

324 JASSID^.

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2571. Dharmma projecta, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum, scutellum and tegmina piceous, thickly
spotted with ochraceous ; vertex with a longitudinal fascia on an-
terior half, and the lateral margins irregularly in front of eyes,
ochraceous ; pi-onotuui with a short central longitudinal carinate
ochraceous line on the anterior half ; tegmina a little more piceous
on apical area, where there is a costal spot and an inner marginal
spot at end of clavus, both ochraceous ; face black, with a sub-

Fig. 201.— Dharmma projecta.

marginal ochraceous line on each side in front of eyes and which
meet anteriorly ; abdomen beneath pale ochraceous, the posterior
segment black ; legs brownish, the femora darker ; the whole
surface above is tessellately marked and coloured; the face is
finely and obscurely transversely wrinkled.

Length $ 9 millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta (DoJierty).

^ Genus SABIMA, nov.
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Type, S. prima, Dist.

Distribution. Assam, Tenasserim.

Vertex considerably longer than broad at base, obliquely angu-
larly produced in front of eyes, obhquely narrowed posteriorly ;
eyes long and oblique ; face broadly elongate, lateral margins a little
sinuate, with an anterior submarginal angulate ridge ; clypeus
broad, obscurely centrally ridged ; pronotum short, transverse,
anterior margin sinuate behind eyes, posterior margin truncate ;
scutellum subtriangular, about as long as pronotum ; tegmina

SABIMA. 325

valvate behind clavus, transversely veined before apical area,
apical margin rounded; legs simple; posterior tibijc longly
spinulose.

2572. Sabima prima, sp. n.

Vertex, pronofcum and scutellum piceous thickly covered with
small siibgranulose ochraceous spots : face piceous, the posterior
area spotted with ochraceous, the anterior submarginal ridge
testaceous ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, more or less mottled
with piceous; tegmina dark greyish with reticulate piceous

Fig. 208. — Sabima prima.

markings, veins piceous thickly spotted with bright yellow • vertex
with a tine central longitudinal carination ; pronotum with a cen
tral carination which does not reach the posterior margin • pale
spots on scutellum larger than those on pronotum. '

Length inch tegm. $ 8 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Margherita {Atkinson Coll., Brit. Mus.).

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2573. Sabima stellifera, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum, scutellum and tegmina piceous, thickly
covered with smaU subgranulose ochraceous spots ; face and
cypeus black, the lateral margins very narrowly and somewhat
obscurely ochraceous; body beneath and legs black; margins of
meso- and metasterna, rostrum, apices of anterior and intermediate
femora and tibije, the tarsi, and abdominal segmental margins
more or less ochraceous ; face with the anterior marginal area
moderately granulose ; vertex with a fine central longitudinal

326

carinate line and the lateral margins (not reaching apex) ochra-
ceous ; pronotum witli a central carination which does not reach
the posterior margin.

Length incl. tegm. 7 millim.

Hah. Tenass^rim ; Myitta (Doherti/).

Differs from 'S. prima in the uniformly black face and its more
conically produced anterior max'gin.

Genus GULIGA, nov.

«^
Type, G. erebus, Dist.

Distribution. Assam, Burma.

Differing from 'V^assiis by the vertex being longer than broad
and a little subconically produced in front of eyes ; face
moderately globose and distinctly laterally sinuate before middle ;
clypeus broad and centrally longitudinally carinate ; vertex with
a central longitudinal carination which does not reach apex ; eyes
large, oblique, extending over the anterior angles of the pronotum
which is transverse and not longer than vertex ; tegmina passing
apex of abdomen, five apical cells ; legs long and slender, posterior
tibiae thickly longly spinulose.

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2574. Guliga erebus, sp. n.

Black, above finely speckled with flavescent ; vertex with the
lateral margins and central carination flavescent ; legs black ;

Fig. 209. — Gruliga ercJnis.

anterior and intermediate legs with the apices of the femora and the
whole of the tibise and tarsi flavescent, the tarsal claws black ;

JASsus. 327

abdomen beneath with the segmental margins dull ochraceous ;
tegmina very finely palely speckled, excepting on apical area,
where however the veins are more promineiitly palely maculate ;
vertex longer than broad, subconically produced in front of eyes,
irregularly punctate ; face a little depressed near anterior margin ;
pronotum verv finely granulose ; posterior tibiae longly spinulose.

Length inch tegm. 65 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Margherita {Atlinson Coll., Brit. Mus.). Burma ;
Ruby Mines (Doherti/).

^ Genus JASSUS.

'^Jassus, Fabr. Si/st. Rhyng. p. 85 (1803); Stdl, Hem. Afr. iv, p. 119
(1866) ; id. (part.) Hem. Fabr. ii, p. 78 (1869) ; Spangb. Of v. VeL-
Ak. Fiirh. 1878, no. 8, p. :} ; Atkms. J. A. S. B. liv, p. 110 (1885)';
Van Duz. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 300 (1892).

^Ccelidia, Gerin. Mag. Fut. iv, p. 75 (1821); Burm. Gen. Ins. i,
geu. 15 (1838).

Type, J. nervosus, Fabr., an American species.

Distribution. Widely and generally distributed.

" Body oblong, subcyliudrical ; head somewhat narrower than
pronotum, anterior margin obtuse or very obtuse ; vertex horizontal,
a little narrower than the eyes, gradually somewhat forwardly
ampliated ; face dilated, more or less reclined ; face occupying
the greater part of the intraocular breadth, very slightly convex;
clypeus apically produced and ampliated, truncated ; ocelli situate
on the apical margin of the head near the eyes ; pronotum
transverse, short, shorter than the scutellum ; scutellum shorter
than long, subequilateral, large ; tegmina apically margined, valvate
behind clavus, apical areas five ; legs moderately long, posterior
tibiae very spinulose." (Stdl.)

A. Te(jmina with the veins jyaleh/ sjiotted.
O O

2575. Jassus indicus, Walk. (Uoelidia) List Horn, iii, p. 855 (1851).
O Tettigoniajactans, Walk. List Horn., Siqjpl. p. 357 (1858).
^ Jassus deplauatus, Spangb. Ofu. Vet.-Ak. Fiirh. 1878, no. 8, p. 23 ;
Atki7is. J. A. S. B. liv, p.'lll (1885).

Sordidly yellovs^ish-white ; vertex, face and legs weakly sub-
ferruginous yellow ; lateral mai'gins of face broadly cinnabar-brown ;
pronotum and scutellum piceous, the former with dull pale flavescent
granules ; sternum and abdomen black, the former more or less
spotted with flavescent, the segments of the latter posteriorly
narrowly margined with ochraceous ; tegmina dull pale flavescent,
densely suffused with piceous or fuscous, the veins, particularly on
apical area, spotted with fuscous, beyond the middle a subtriangular
costal spot sordidly whitish, followed by a fuscous spot, apex more
or less fuscous ; the last segment of the abdomen in the $ almost
twice as long as the penultimate ; vertex with a narrow central
carination.

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O Var. a. Agreeing with Walker's unique type here figured, but
with the tegmina more universally spotted and less fasciately
suffused with fuscous or piceous.

cPVar. h. Paler in hue, pronotum with the flavesceut granules
fused and giving the appearance of an ochraceous surface speckled
with black ; scutellum ochraceous with two costal and two basal
angular black spots ; tegmina with the typical pale costal spot.

Fig. 210. — Jassus indicus.

0 Var. c. Eesembling var. a, but tegmina without the pale costal
spot, the ground-colour above is also paler and more ochraceous in
hue.

Length inch tegra. 7 to 8 millim.

Hah. " North India "(iJni.ilfM*.); Mussoorie; Bhim Tal,Kumaon
{AnnandoHe., Ind. Mus.). Bombay {Brit. Mus.): Bandra (JayaZ^ar,
Brit. Mus.) Burma ; Kuby Mines {Doherty). Tenasserim ; Myitta
(Doherty).

I recognize this variable species in all its forms by the distinctive
structure and coloration of the face, the margins of which are
broadly cinnabar-brown.

2576. Jassus maldivensis, sp. n.

Vertex ochraceous, a little darkly speckled, the ocelli minutely
blackish ; pronotum and scutellum thickly granulosely ochraceous,
the interstices here and there black, the scutellum transversely
impressed before apical area which is uniformly ochraceous ; face
and clypeus ochraceous thickly speckled with black, the latter with
two prominent pale spots near base, cheeks pale ochraceous;
abdomen above brownish-ochraceous, the segmental margins paler,
centrally and laterally inacularly black ; abdomen beneath not seen
on typical carded specimen ; legs ochraceous more or less linearly

JASSus. 329

striped with black; tegmina greyish-brown, thickly minutely
spotted with fuscous-brown, more prominently so on veins, a small
linear pale spot on costal margin beyond middle ; vertex centrally
finely longitudinally carinate, the lateral areas longitudinally
wrinkled ; pronotum moderately convex, suddenly depressed and
transversely impressed before apical area; face narrow and elongate,
much longer than broad, lateral margins subparallel.

Length inch tegm. 7| millim.

Hah. Maldive Islands ; Qoidn {Gardiner).

0
2577. Jassus elegans, sp. n.

Vertex pale ochraceous with testaceous shadings, ocelli black ;
eyes greyish; pronotum testaceous thickly covered with pale
ochraceous granules; scutellum ochraceous with a few scattered
pale granules, on each lateral area a longitudinal black spot
outwardly margined and iuwazxlly irrorated with pale granules;
face ochraceous ; the lateral areas with short transverse testaceous
striae, a central white longitudinal fascia margined with piceous
which is irrorated with small pale spots, apical halves of lateral
margins black ; cheeks and clypeus greyish-white, the latter with
a central ochraceous line ; body beneath and legs stramineous ;
lateral areas of meso- and metasterna, transverse fasciae to abdomen
beneath, and apices of posterior tibiae black, the latter also finely
spotted and inwardly margined with piceous ; tegmina ochraceous
with fine paler mottlings, the veins robust and prominently spotted
with pale flavescent ; vertex with a central fine carination on each
side of which the surface is foveately depressed ; face elongate,
much longer than broad, the lateral margins near apex obliquely
narrowed to clypeus ; scutellum strongly transversely impressed
before apical area.

Length inch tegm. $ 9 millim.

Hab. Bombay (Dixon).

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2578. Jassus pectitus, sp. n.

Vertex pale ochraceous with two rounded black spots near
anterior margin ; eyes greyish-brown ; pronotum ochraceous,
coarsely speckled with black, much more sparsely so behind eyes
and on lateral margins ; scutellum ochraceous thickly speckled
with black, or sometimes with a transverse series of four black
spots ; head beneath pale ochraceous, the face and two longitudinal
spots to clypeus black ; basal and anterior lateral margins to face
pale ochraceous; rostrum, body beneath and legs pale ochraceous;
small coxal spots, inner margins to posterior tibiae, apices of
posterior femora, tarsal claws and suffusions to posterior tarsi,
black ; abdomen above black, the base and segmental margins
ochraceous ; tegmina ochraceous, the veins, costal and apical
margins black, veins spotted with ochraceous ; vertex with a fine
dark central longitudinal line ; face elongate much longer than

330 JASSID.E.

broad, very finely, thickly aud obscurely granulose ; prouotum finely
transversely granulose.

Length inch tegm. $ 6i millim.

jiab. Tenasserim ; Myitta (Doherti/).

Mr. Doherty sent me three female specimens of this species.

O
2579. Jassus tenasserimensis, sp. n.

Vertex pale ochraceous, the ocelli black, and with a black longi-
tudinal central line between the eyes, which are greyish-brown ;
pronotum and scutellum piceous-brown, thickly covered with pale
ochraceous granules ; face pale ochraceous, narrow lateral transverse
testaceous striae on its anterior half, posterior area mottled with
testaceous, posterior lateral and apical margins piceous ; clypeus
pale ochraceous, the apical lateral margins piceous ; sternum and
legs ochraceous, mesosternum with large black spots ; abdomen
beneath black, the segmental margins pale ochraceous ; tegmina
pale brownish-ochraceous, the veins darker, thickly spotted with
pale ochraceous, six marginal pale spots, two on claval sutural
margin, two beyond claval apex, one on apical margin and another
on costal margin before apex ; wings fuliginous ; vertex broad,
obliquely widened from base, with a very slender central carinate
line which does not reach apex ; face broad, a little longer than
broad, slightly narrowed beyond eyes, its apex broad and roundly
subtruncate.

Length incl. tegm. $ 6 millim.

Rab. Tenasserim ; Myitta (Doherti/).

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2580. Jassus cretatus, sp. n.

Vertex pale ochraceous, a minute dark spot at inner margin of
each eye and two similar anterior spots at the ocelli ; pronotum
and scutellum pale castaneous with greyish granulose spots, the
first with its anterior margin cretaceous, the latter with the basal
angles and apex greyish ; head beneath ochraceous, face speckled
with castaneous, its anterior margin of that colour and the lateral
margins narrowly piceous; clypeus more slightly speckled with
castaneous, the apical margin piceous, cheeks with two oblong
castaneous spots ; .sternum and legs ochraceous, disk of prosternum
black, meso- and metasterna spotted with cretaceous, abdomen
beneath testaceous spotted with cretaceous, the lateral margins
black ; bases and apices of posterior tibiaj black ; tegmina pale
brownish-ochraceous, the veins greyish-wliite spotted with piceous,
a prominent pale costal spot on apical area, clavus with the basal
area ochraceous \^ith a few castaneous spots, a cretaceous spot at
apex of claval vein and a pale spot at apex ; vertex with a very
fine central dark carination ; face a little longer than broad, the
lateral margins sinuate behind eyes.

Length incl. tegm. $ 8 millim.

Hab. Tenasserim ; Myitta (Doherty).

JAssus. 331

B. Tegmina ivith the veins unspotted, or practically uiispotted * .
a. Tegmina unicolorous, tmspotted.
2581. Jassus atkinsoni, sp. n.

Vertex and eyes yellowish; head beneath yellowish, the face
testaceous -red laterally margined very narrowly with black ;
pronotum black, somewhat thickly covered with small flavescent
granules, its anterior margin black ; scutellum fuscous-brown, with
a large black spot at each basal angle and some small scattered
black spots on disk ; sternum and abdomen black, the segmental
margins to both sternum and abdomen, some sternal spots and
the legs ochraceous ; tegmina very pale brownish-ochraceous, the
veins darker and covered with small pale spots ; wings pale fuscous-
brown ; vertex with a central longitudinal carination ; posterior
tibiae inwardly margined with piceous, the spinules brownish ; face
elongate, much longer than broad, the lateral margins subparallel.
OVar. Face uniformly testaceous-red, not margined with black;
abdominal segmental margins dull greyish.

Length inch tegm. $ 10 milhm.

Hah. Assam; Margherita {AtTcins. Coll, Brit. 3ftis.). Ceylon;
Maskeliya {Green).

The type is from Assam, the variety from Ceylon.

2582, Jassus silvestris, sp. n.

Vertex ochraceous, eyes and ocelli black; pronotum and scutellum
dark bluish-green, narrow posterior margin of the first and the
apical area of the latter ochraceous ; abdomen above dull ochraceous-
green, the anal segment piceous ; body beneath and legs ochraceous ;
face (excluding basal and apical margins), large sternal spots and
apex of anal segment, bluish-green; tegmina lurid bronzy-ochrace-
ous, transverse veins at bases of apical areas and the apical margins
pale fuliginous ; wings a little infuscate ; posterior femora and
tibiae longitudinally streaked with bluish-green ; pronotum finely
transversely wrinkled; vertex finely centrally longitudinally ridged;
face elongate, longer than broad, its anterior lateral margins strongly
transversely ridged.

Length excl. tegm. 5 6; exp. tegm. 16 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya (G-Vw«).
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2583. Jassus luridus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 179 (1903).

" iSmall, wholly pale or light rusty -yellow; pronotum leather-like,
wrinkled ; two red spots on the vertex ; ocelli blackish ; tegmina
unicolorous, apical margin bordered with brownish and with a
browner marginal spot on the outer side ; body beneath and legs
unicolorous ; back piceous. " {Melichar.)

" Length $ 6 millim. "

Hah. Ceylon {Jide Melichar).

* In J. opulentus (2590) the veins are spotted, but tbtn the tegmina are
transversely maculate or fasciate.

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332

I have not seen this species but it is evidently allied to the pre-
ceding*^/, silvestris, from which it differs by its concolorous
pronotum and scutellum.

b. Tegmina hlacl: ivith iJie costal margin ochraceous.

2584. Jassus pauperculus, Spanfjh. Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1878, no. 8,

p. 35 ; iMelich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 177 (1903).
^Var. bilineatiis, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 178 (1903).
<5Tettigoiiia frontalis, Kirhy, J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. 169 (1891) ;

Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 1-56 (1903).
C? Jassus fuscus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 179 (1903).

Vertex and head beneath yellow ; eyes black ; face black with
the lateral margins in front of the antennse yellow, its anterior
margin reddish ; clypeus black, a central line and apex yellow ;
pronotum and scutellum black, the latter with its apex greyish ;
tegmina black, costal margin (more broadly beyond middle) and
narrow posterior claval margins ochraceous, apices brownish-
ochraceous ; body beneath black, spots to sternum, abdominal
segmental margins and the legs, ochraceous ; vertex centrally
carinate ; pronotum granulose.

Length incl. tegni. 6 to 9 milHm.

Hah. Ceylon ; Puudaluoya {Green^^ Brit. Mus.), Maskeliya,
Dambool, Kandy (Green, Coll. Dist.).

A variable species ; in some specimens the face is black,
margined as described above ; in others the face is yellow
posteriorly margined with black, and sometimes with a central
longitudinal line of that colour. The sternum is either black
spotted with ochraceous as described above, or with the prevalent
colour reversed, viz., yellow with black spots.

o

2585. Jassus nocturnus, sp. n.

Black or dark bluish-black ; vertex, eyes, head beneath, sternal
and abdominal segmental margins, coxae, legs, very narrow posterior
margin to pronotum, broad costal, and narrow inner margin to
tegmina, ochraceous ; vertex centrally longitudinally carinate ;
pronotum and scutellum finely granulose ; face margined .with
black beyond middle.

oVar. a. Face and clypeus black ; tegmina more or less fuscous
brown between the black veins.

oVar. h. Head beneath (including face and clypeus) uniformly
ochraceous, without black markings.

Length incl. tegm. 7| to 10 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Margherita (Athins. Coll., Brit. Mus.) ; !N^ilgiri
Hills (Hampson).

In some specimens the vertex is more or less suffused with
black at its anterior area, in others there are only two small black
spots on the anterior margin.

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Allied to the preceding species J. pauperculus, but with the
face more suddenly angulated to clypeus, vertex more inwardly

Fig. 211. — Jassits nocturnus.

narrowed at base, eyes ochraceous, costal margin of tegmina
ochraceous from base.

c. Tegmina more or less 2xdel>i spotted.

O ' o '

2586. JasSTlS pulchellus, Kirby (Tettigonia), J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv,
p. 170, t. \\, f. 13 (1891); 7>fe&A.*tJa.ssus) Horn. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 178 (1903).

" Vertex (except a red band behind the black ocelli and the red
occipital ridge) and pronotum dirty yellow, the latter mottled with
brown ; scutellum forming a sharply-defined equilateral triangle ;
abdomen bright yellow at the base with black inarkings and black
at the extremity ; anal appendages bordered with red ; under
surface and legs yellowish ; extremity of abdomen and a line on
the hind tibiae black ; tegmina light yellowish-brown, with pale
pink spots and streaks bordered with black, largest and palest on
the costa and inner margin ; on the costa there are five blotches,
the third, fourth and fifth largest and crossing the costal area,
but all sepai-ated by small black spaces on the costa, towards the
base the spotting is confused, but from the second, fourth and
fifth spots rows of about five spots (including those on the costa
and inner margin) cross the tegmina, the middle spot being linear,
or at least longer than the others, nearer the hind margin is
another row of four spots alternately linear and lunular, and

334

nearest the apex is an incomplete ring, broken on the basal side :
wings light brown, with alternating lighter and darker bands."
{Kirhy.)

Vertex broader at apex than at base, centrally finely carinate ;

Fig. 21'2.—Jassus pulchelbis.

face much longer than broad, a little rounded and narrowed to
clypeus.

Length excl. tegm. d & 2 5 to 6 ; exp. tegm. 12 to 14
millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Udagama, Maskeliya, Hantane ( (?reen), Haputale
{fide Melichar).

2587. Jassus roratus, sp. n.

Vertex pale stramineous, two small black spots narrowly sur-
rounded with testaceous at anterior margin and a central
raised longitudinal line also testaceous ; eyes greyish-brown ; face
and clypeus stramineous, the first with dark striate lines on each
side of basal area, the posterior margins and a posterior central
longitudinal fascia black ; clypeus with the margins black ; pro-
notum ochraceous speckled with black, the black speckles sometimes
forming two broad longitudinal fasciie ; scutellum sometimes black
with an apical and two discal curved ochraceous spots, or
ochraceous with three large basal and two curved fuscous apical
spots, or ochraceous with two basal and a central linear fuscous
spot ; body beneath piceous, spots to sternum, abdominal base and
abdominal segmental margins ochraceous ; legs ochraceous, more
or less spotted or suffused with fuscous ; tegmiua ochi-aceous, the
•clavus, veins, large spots on costal area and a large spot at inner

JAssus, 335

apical area piceous, ou clavus and disk a number of irregular
stramineous spots ; pronotum fiuely granulose ; seutellum trans-
versely impressed before apical area ; face not much longer than
broad, narrower at apex than at base ; clypeus broad.

Length inch tegm. $ 6 to 0| millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

I possess four female specimens of this species.
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2588. Jassus siilphureus, sp. n.

Body, legs and tegmina sulphur-yellow ; wings pale fuliginous ;
apices of posterior tibia; black ; tegmina with two large piceous
spots on apical half of costal area, the apex more or less suffused
with pale fuscous ; vertex broad, narrowed at base, longer thau
breadth between eyes at base, centrally broadly ridged, the ridge
centrally divided by a longitudinal deeply impressed line, its
lateral margins sinuately ridged ; pronotum with a central longi-
tudinal carination; seutellum transversely impressed before apical
area ; face moderately flattened, smooth, considerably longer than
broad, the lateral margins very shortly and a little darkly trans-
versely ridged.

Length excl. tegm. S 5 ; exp. tegm. 14 miJlim.

Hah. Assam ; Khasi Hills (Brit. Mus.).

2589. Jassus rutatus,

sp. n.

Vertex ochraceous, ocelli black and with two discal sanguineous
spots between eyes; head beneath ochraceous, face with the

Fig. 213. — Jassus rutatut

anterior and posterior margins and an ill-defined transverse fascia
between the eyes sanguineous ; clypeus with a piceous spot at apex ;

336 jASsiD^.

pronotum subcastaneous, darker at the lateral angles ; scutellam
ochraceous ; abdomen above ochraceous, centrally and laterally-
pale fuscous ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, posterior coxae
spotted with piceous ; tegmina pale ochraceous mottled with
fuscous, the paler areas being the apical margin, a costal spot
beyond middle and a large subtriangular spot crossing apical area
of clavus ; wings pale fuliginous, the veins darker ; vertex
longitudinally centrally carinate ; pronotum finely granulose ; face
a little longer than broad, lateral margins rounded and narrowed
to clypeus, finely and obscurely punctate.

Length excl. tegm. $ 7; exp. tegm. 15 millim.

Hab. Burma ; Euby Mines {Doherty).

d. Tegmina transversely maculate or fasciate.
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2590. Jassus opulentus, sp. n.

Vertex ochraceous, the ocelli black ; face with the anterior area
ochraceous, the posterior area piceous obscui'ely speckled with
ochraceous ; pronotum ochraceous speckled with black, a series of
small distinct black spots on anterior margin ; scutellum black with
ochraceous markings ; body beneath black, sternal and abdominal
segmental margins ochraceous ; legs piceous, anterior and inter-
mediate tibiae, apices of posterior tibiae and the tarsi ochraceous.

0
Fig. 214. — Jassiis opulentus.

tarsal claws piceous ; tegmina piceous, the veins very prominently
spotted with yellow, two irregular broken transverse series of
whitish spots and a similarly coloured spot at base of clavus ;
vertex with a fine central longitudinal carination ; pronotum

jAssus. 337

sparingly granulose ; scutelluin with a transverse impression
before apex ; face much longer than broad, the lateral margins
moderately rounded.

Length inch tegm. 8 to 9 millim.

Eah. Burma ; Karen Hills {Doherty).

O
2591- Jassus percultus, sp. n.

Vertex dull ochraceous, with two small piceous spots near
anterior margin and similar spots placed closer together near
basal margin ; eyes piceous -brown ; pronotum stramineous, basal
margin narrowly piceous ; scutellum black ; face and elypeus
black, cheeks black with an ochraceous spot on each side of face
beneath eyes ; body beneath and legs black ; disk of sternum,
rostrum, base of abdomen beneath and the segmental margins,
anterior and intermediate tibice (excluding base), apices of posterior
tibiae and the tarsi, ochraceous ; tegmina black, crossed by a
transverse fascia near apex of scutellum, a transverse fascia
crossing apex of clavus and widened largely and subtriangularly
from middle to costal margin (in a second specimen this fascia is
centrally broken), and the apical margins, stramineous ; vertex
with a central longitudinal impressed line, the margins of which
are carinate ; pronotum finely granulose ; scutellum transversely
impressed before apical area ; face elongate, flattened, much
longer than broad, the lateral margins subparallel. narrowly
transversely ridged on each lateral margin.

Length inch tegm. $ 7 millim.

Hah. Burma ; Karen Hills {BolierUj).

2592. Jassus karenensis, sp. n.

Vertex, pi'onotum and scutellum pale umbei*-brown ; eyes
piceous ; pronotum speckled with paler spots ; scutellum a little
darker in hue ; face and elypeus umber-brown, their margins
narrowly ochraceous, and the first with a central longitudinal
ochraceous line ; cheeks and apex of elypeus ochraceous ; body
beneath and legs ochraceous, a spot on anterior coxae, a large spot
on each side of meso- and metasterna, and the apices of the femora
black ; tegmina umber-brown, crossed a little beyond apex of
scutellum by a narrow transverse macular fascia, a small spot near
apex of clavus and a large costal spot beyond middle which
extends halfway across tegmen, greyish-white : vertex with a
central longitudinal impressed line, the margins of which are
slightly carinate ; pronotum somewhat coarsely granulose ;
scutellum very finely wrinkled, transversely impressed before
apical area ; face elongate, moderately flattened, much longer than
broad, lateral margins slightly rounded, narrowly and obscurely
ridged on lateral margins.

Length inch tegm. $ 9 millim.

Hah. Burma ; Karen Hills {Doherty).

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2593. Jassus praetextus, sp. n.

Vertex ochraceous, the ocelli black, an ochraceous spot at base
behind each eye ; eyes piceous ; pronotum brownish-ochraceous,
thickly covered with small and rather obscure paler granules ;
scutellum piceous, speckled \Wth ochraceous, its apex ochraceous ;
face black, its basal margin and lateral and apical margins (more
or less) reddish-ochraceous ; clypeus black, its apex and lateral
margins ochraceous, and with a reddish-ochraceous central longi-
tudinal line ; sternum and abdomen beneath piceous, abdominal
segmental margins narrowly ochraceous ; legs dark ochraceous
linearly streaked with piceous ; tegmina pale brownish-ochraceous,
a greyish-white transverse fascia crossing tegmeu at about one-
third from base, and a large costal spot of the same colour at about
one-third from apex, costal and apical margins narrowly piceous ;
face rather broad, longer than broad, lateral margins subparallel ;
vertex considerably narrowed towards base ; scutellum strongly
transversely impressed before apical area, which is finely trans-
versely striate.

Length inch tegm. $ 8 millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

C

Genus ARYA, nov.

Type, A. rubrolineata, Dist.

Distribution. Bengal.

Vertex a httle longer than breadth between eyes, subconically
rounded in front ; eyes large, oblique, ocelli on anterior margin
near eyes ; face narrowed to clypeus which is about half as long
as face ; pronotum very slightly shorter than vertex, oblique on
each side behind eyes, posterior margin truncate ; scutellum
subtriangular ; posterior tibiae longly spinulose ; tegmina longer
than abdomen, the veins prominent, apical cells four, a transverse
vein defining radial area and a transverse vein before apical area
defining an anteapical cell.

2594. Arya rubrolineata, sp. n.

Vertex pale greenish-yellow, crossed before eyes by a sangui-
neous fascia which is medially interrupted; two oblique dark spots
near base on each side of a medial line which is darkened
posteriorly ; pronotum and scutellum pale virescent, the first
with three pale lines which are usually very indistinct, and the
second with a transverse pale discal line united medially with
base ; abdomen above and beneath bright orange-yellow ; head
beneath, sternum and legs pale yellowish-grey; tegmina pale
ochraceous with the veins greyish-white (when the tegmina are
un expanded they reflect the orange-yellow abdomen beneath,

KU]S'AS1A. 339

which appears between the veins and gives the appearance of
pale testaceous longitudinal fasciae) ; wings pale hyaline.
Length excl. tegm. 4 ; exp. tegm. 9 millim.

Fig. 215. — Arya ruhrolincata.

Hah. Calcutta, Barrackpore {Annandale, Incl. Mus. ^ Coll,
DisL).

^ Genus KUNASIA, nov.
O

Type, K. nivosa, Dist.

Distribution. Tenasserim.

Vertex short, broad, rounded in front, much shorter than
breadth between eyes, with a fine central longitudinal ridge ; face
long and broad, almost as long as broad, narrowed from eyes to
clypeus, \^'hich is very broad and with a lobate process on each
side, centrally longitudinally carinate, apically transversely sinuate ;
pronotum shorb and broad, nearly three times broader than long,
the posterior margin truncate, the lateral margins subconvexiy
ampliated ; scutellum subtriangular, broader at base than long,
transversely impressed before apical area : tegmina somewhat
short and broad, longer than abdomen, costal and apical margins
a little rounded, apical cells four.

2595. Kunasia nivosa, sp. n,

Yertex, pronotum and scutellum pale brownish-ochraceous ;
pronotum with four elongate brownish spots on anterior area
and four lunulate spots margined with piceous on basal margin ;
face and clypeus ochraceous, the first with a central piceous line
which does not reach apex and with a transverse whitish line
between the eyes ; clypeus with a pale piceous spot on each lateral
area ; body beneath pale ochraceous ; metasternum with a large
piceous spot on each side ; legs reddish-ochraceous, more or less

340 JASSID^.

longitudinally streaked with piceous ; tegmina pale brownish,
with numerous rounded pale cretaceous spots, a very large costal
patch or spot of the same colour beyoud middle, a fuscous spot in
each apical cell ; face very little longer than broad ; pronotal

16 — Kunasia nivosa.

lateral margins moderately dilated ; scutellum transversely im-
pressed before apical area, a whitish spot on each side of the
impression.

Length inch tegm. 6 raillim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

Genus MYITTANA, nov.
O

Type, M. doherty i, Dist.

Distrihution. Tenasserim .

Vertex narrow, about as long as broad ; ocelli indistinct, on
anterior margin in front of eyes ; eyes very large, transversely
oblique, extending over the anterior margin of the pronotum ;
face narrow, coucavely emarginate on each side before eyes ;
clypeus about half tbe length of face ; pronotum longer than
vertex, medially about half as long as broad, discally convexly
arched, anterior margin convexly rounded, posterior margin
concavely sinuate ; scutellum small, subtriaugular ; tegmina
hyaline, longer than abdomen, two discal transverse veins on basal
area, apical cells four ; posterior tibiae longly spinulose.

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2596. Myittana dohertyi, sp. n.

Vertex piceous with two rounded spots near base, the ocelli
and a central apical spot ochraceous ; pronotum and scutellum

PLACIDUS.

341

pale ochraceous, each with a bioad central piceous-brown fascia, the
first containing a central longitudinal line and two small anterior
spots pale ochraceous ; tegmina hyaline with a pale ochraceous tint,
inner claval area, apical marginal area and a spot near apex of

Fig. 217. — Myittana dohertijL

costal margin more or less fuscous : body beneath and legs pale
ochraceous ; anterior margin of face exhibiting two dark spots ;
scutellum with a moderate transverse impression before apical
area and just before this impression two minute tubercles.

Length 4^ millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta [Boherty).

Genus PLACIDUS, nov.
0 . .

Type, P. hornei, Dist.

Bistribution. jNT.W. India.

Vertex longer than broad at base between eyes, somewhat flat,
strongly rounded in front of eyes ; ocelli distinct, situate on
anterior margin a little in front of eyes, visible both above and
beneath ; face considerably longer than broad, its lateral margins
sinuate ; clypeus small, narrowing to apex ; cheeks narrow, longer
than broad, their lateral margins subangulate, their posterior
margins oblique : pronotum broad, obliquely narrowed from base,
anterior margin truncate, posterior margin a little concave
before scutellum, the disk arched, the lateral areas deflected on
each side ; scutellum large, the apex shortly finely produced,
arched, lateral margins a little shorter than basal : legs robust,
femora moderately incrassated, anterior and intermediate legs
distinctly spinulose, posterior tibiae long, strongly and longly
spinulose; anterior coxae longly spinose; tegmina broad, hyaline,
considerably longer than abdomen, apical cells four, costal cell in
type with two transverse veins on one tegmen and only one on

342 JASSID.E.

the other, two loug anteapical cells, short discal transverse veins
on basal area.

This genus apparently indicates the type of a new division, the
robustly spined anterior coxae and the length of the posterior
tibiae proving characters not readily admissible in a previous
division.

2597. Placidus homei, sp. n.

Vertex black, the ocelli and two large basal spots ochraceous ;
pronotum black, the lateral margins broadly ochraceous, the disk
more or less mottled with duller ochraceous ; scutellum black, the
apex, a spot at middle and a line at base of each lateral margin
pale ochraceous ; face black, clypeus testaceous, cheeks black, lateral
margins of face and cheeks ochraceous ; body beneath black,
abdominal segmental margins narrowly testaceous .: legs ochraceous.

Fior. 218. — Placidus homei.

more or less longitudinally broadly streaked with black, the'tibia?
less but more basally so ; tegmina hyaline, reflecting the darker
abdomen beneath, the veins yellow ; body above shortly finely
pilose ; antennae long and slender ; face somewhat globose ;
anterior coxae armed with four long spines.

Length incl. tegm. 5 8 millim.

Hah. N.W. Provinces of India (C. Home, Brit. Mus.).

343

Division ATHYSANUSARIA.
'^tlivsauiiii, Van Duzee (part.), Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 299

(ib92).

" Elytra with a series (generally three) of anteapical areoles.
Outer branch of the first sector of the elytra with two forks
evident." ( Van Duzee.)

Vertex only half as long, or less than half as long, as breadth
between eyes ; face not longer than broad at base.

• Si/nopsis of Genera.

A. Tegmina longer than abdomen, apically

narrowed to a more or less acute point,

mostly reticidated with ramose, fine o

brown pigment Piilepsius, p. 346.

B. Tegmina short, seldom exceeding the

abdomen in length, broadly rounded at
apices, neither reticulated nor ramosely
shaded with brown Athysanus, p. 343.

Genu^ATHYSANUS.

'^Athysanus, Bunn. Gen. Ins. i, t. xiv, subg. 2 (1840) ; Ediv. Tr.
E. S. 1888, p. 85 ; Van Duzee, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 299
(1892) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 182 (1903).

O Type, ./I. argentatus, Fabr., a Palsearctic species.

Distrihution. Grenerally distributed.

" Body robust, somewhat rounded at the sides ; head with the
eyes somewhat wider than the pronotum, obtuse in front, crown
obtusely produced, convex above, ocelli near the eyes ; frons wide,
somewhat convex ; clypeus wide, its base distinctly wider than
the base of the lora ; cheeks wide, reaching to the apex of the
clypeus ; pronotum short, transverse, its sides not or only faintly
margined ; elytra subcoriaceous, not overlapping at the apex,
sides slightly rounded ; five subapical areas, appendix wanting
or extremely narrow, generally somewhat or even much shorter
than the abdomen, with very short apical areas, but occasionally
longer than the abdomen, with the apical areas fully developed,
in which case the elytra overlap somewhat at the apex, owing
to the development of the appendix; wings frequently much
abbreviated." (Echvards.)

" Elytra short without an appendix, rarely exceeding the
abdomen in length ; front broad, width at the ocelli and the
length equal, or the former the greater ; vertex convex, more or
iess angled before, or prominent and tumid with the apex and
edge rounded." ( Van Duzee.)

344 jAssiD^.

2598.9Athysamis fusconervosus, Motsch. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc.
xxxvi, 3, p. 97 (1863) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 183
(1903).

Vertex of head ochraceous with a black curved transverse fascia
between the eyes, this fascia connected with the base bj a central
longitudinal line, two small spots at apex (sometimes absent) ;
head beneath ochraceous, face with a central black line (sometimes
indiscernible) and with short dark lateral transverse striae ;
pronotum greyish with the anterior and lateral margins ochraceous ;
scutellum ochraceous, the basal angles and a central basal spot

O Fig. 219. — Athysanus fusconervosus.

greyish ; body beneath greyish, the legs stramineous, sometimes
the whole under surface and legs pale ochraceous ; tegmiua greyish,
the lateral and apical areas subhyaline, the veins fuscous.

Length inch tegm. c? & $ 4^-51 milhrn.

Hah. United Provinces ; Songara. Ceylon; Peradeniya (&Vecn),
Henaratgoda, Colombo, Paradna, Kandy {fide Melichar).

A typical Ceylonese specimen is figured aljove.

2599, Athysanus indicus, sp. n.

Vertex ochraceous, a transverse black fascia between the eyes ;
pronotum ochraceous, the posterior disk dark greyish, an arcuate
impressed line near the anterior margin on which are more or
less distinct brownish or piceous dots ; scutellum ochraceous ; face
with transverse brown striae on each lateral area ; femora with
longitudinal linear brownish streaks ; tegmina greyish subhyahne,
here and there suffused with pale dull ochraceous, the veins pale

ATHYSANUS. 345

brownish ; vertex subangularly rounded in front, between the
black transverse fascia and base a more or less distinct central
longitudinal line ; scutellum slightly granulose on basal area,
transversely impressed before apical area which is somewhat
closely wrinkled ; face centrally moderately flattened and indis-
tinctly finely granulose, this area widening towards clypeus.

Length inch tegm. 4 to 5 millim.

Hah. Calcutta {Brit. Mus.). Nepal Terai ; Chutri Gouri {Ind.
Mus.). Bengal ; Pusa and Palamau (Lefroy).

Smaller thnnOA. fnsconervosus, vertex more angulate anteriorly,
and without the longitudinal black line to the face as in
Motschoulsky's species.

2600. Athysanus atkinsoni, sp. n.

Vertex ochraceous, an arcuated transverse black fascia between
the eyes and a black spot on each side of apical margin ; pronotum
ochraceous, the posterior discal area greyish, with an arcuated
series of linear transverse black spots before anterior margin
commencing on lateral margins behind eyes ; scutellum ochraceous,
a somev\hat large subtriaugular black spot near each basal angle
and two small central oblique black linear spots on disk ; body
beneath and legs pale ochraceous, sternum with large black spots,
femora with longitudinal series of small brownish spots ; face
with brown striations on each side ; tegmina subhyaline, with
opalescent and ochraceous reflections ; veins ochraceous ; vertex
subangularly rounded in front, between the black transverse
fascia and base a central dark longitudinal line ; pronotum in-
distinctly transversely wrinkled ; scutellum depressed to apical
area before which there is a transverse impression, the apical
area indistinctly wrinkled ; face with the central area flattened
and obscurely finely granulose, this area widening from base to
clypeus.

Length inch tegm. 2 4 to Sg millim.

Hab. Calcutta (Atkinson Coll., Brit. Mus.). Bengal ; Pusa
{Lefroy). Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green).

2601. "Athysanus nanus, sp. n.

Vertex dull ochraceous, a slender arcuate piceous line between
the eyes ; pronotum (excepting the anterior and lateral margins)
dull greyish, two small piceous spots on each side near anterior
margin behind the eyes ; scutellum ochraceous, a rounded black
spot on each side of basal margin near the basal angles ; body
beneath and legs pale ochraceous, usually with a piceous spot near
the intermediate coxae ; tegmina subhyaline with opalescent and
ochraceous suffusions, veins ochraceous ; vertex short, broad,
convexly rounded in front, between the transverse piceous line and
base a central longitudinal dark line ; pronotum finely punctate

YOL. 17. 2 a

346 jAssiD^.

except on margins, a central longitudinal fascia and an arcuate
line before anterior margin ; scutellum depressed to apical area
before which there is a transverse impression ; face with a narrow
longitudinal flattened impression, the lateral areas brownly striate.
C Yar. a. Vertex between the transverse line and base pale
castaneous-brown.

c" Var. b. Pronotum Avith two spots behind middle of anterior
margin, thus forming a transverse series of six spots.

Length inch tegm. 4 to 5 millim.

Hab. Calcutta (AtJdnson Coll., Brit. Mus.). Simla Hills ;
Mantiana. Bengal ; Pusa {Lefroy). United Provinces ; Bignur.

O Genus PHLEPSIUS.

^ Phlepsius, Fieb. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xvi, p. 503 (1866) ; id.

Rev. Mag. ZooL 1875, p. 409; Matsum. Termesz. Fiizetek, 1902,

p. 382.
c? ;:= Allyg-us, Uhler, Stand. Nat. Hist, u, p. 245 (1884).
Q __ Parallygus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 179 (1903).

O Type,^. intricatus, Herr.-Schaff., a Palsearctic species.

Distribution. Nearctic, Palsearctic and Oriental ilegions.

" Veins in clavus and sectors in corium connected by more or
less shortened and partly complete transverse veins, uniformly
speckled, only the upper inner fork of the sector connected with
the inner simple sector by a transverse vein ; pronotum towards
front triangular, hind margin gently waved, vertex and front
corner of pronotum beneath almost obtusely right-angled, sides of
shoulders rounded ; front a symmetrical hexagon, above broader,
the broad cheeks projecting below in very obtuse angles; face
somewhat long, pentagonal, above broad, short-sided, flatly arched
with the vertex forming an obtuse corner under less than a right
angle, face straight linearly oblique to autennal cavities ; clypeus
somewhat long, trapeziform, widened below; eyes transversely
oval, at inner margins towards antennal cavities waved."
(Fieber.)

The species here enumerated under PJdqjsiKS have the anterior
margin of the pronotum more convex and less triangular than is
typical, but I cannot find any other character to exclude them
from Fieber's genus.

2602.^hlepsius divaricatus, Melich. (Parallygus) Hojn. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 179, t. V, f. 7 a, b (1903).

" Brownish-yellow ; on the margin of vertex four black spots,
of which the two inner ones are at the tip, and sometimes con-
nected with a very small angulated spot, the lateral spots contiguous
to the ocelli ; face yellowish without markings ; pronotum marbled
with brown, a black longitudinal streak on the sides : scutellum

PHLEPSIUS.

341

with several dark longitudinal streaks which form the borders of
the usual basal triangles, two dots before the impressed transverse
line and two marginal spots before the tip ; tegmina brownish-
yellow, with brown not very strong veins, the apical part spotted

C Fig. 220. — Phlepsius divaricatus.

with brown, sometimes with indistinct longitudinal spots in the
cells; wings smoky brown ; pectus, abdomen and legs brownish-
yellow ; back black." {Melichar.) (Described from a single c5"
specimen.)

This is a variable species ; in the S specimen here figured the
four anterior spots to the vertex are fused ; in some specimens the
scutellum is as described and figured by Melichar, in others the
basal angles are filled in and dark ; in all the specimens I have
examined there are three dark spots on each claval sutural margin
(as in the figure, supra) but sometimes these spots are very
indistinct.

Length inch tegm. d & $ 6| to 7 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Maskeliya (6rreen).

2603.'^Phlepsius plumbeus, sp. n.

Vertex pale greyish-white, two piceous spots at base nearer eyes
than to each other and four minute testaceous spots of which two
are central and two wider apart on anterior margin, a minute
central piceous spot at middle of anterior margin and a short
longitudinal central piceous line oq basal margin ; pronotum dark
shining fuscous-brown mottled with ochraceous, the most
prominent pale markings being two central spots near anterior
margin between which there is a longitudinal line which reaches disk,

2a2

348 JASSID-E.

each lateral marginal area being also more or less pale ochraceous ;
scutellum very pale ochraceous with a large fuscous spot near
each basal angle ; face very pale yellowish-white, its posterior
margins ochraceous, cheeks more ochraceous with their lateral
margins dark plumbeous ; clypeus ochraceous with an apical piceous
spot ; body beneath and legs plumbeous, the anterior and inter-
mediate tibiae and tarsi pale stramineous, posterior tibiae plumbeous
palely spotted, the posterior tarsi pale ochraceous with the apices
of the joints piceous, apices of the anterior femora stramineous ;
tegmina greyish-white thickly mottled and punctured with shining
fuscous-brown, the claval sutural margin less so and paler, the
upper apical area pale plumbeous intersected by the brown veins
and with small brown spots ; vertex rounded between the eyes,
much broader than long, with a central anterior submarginal
impression ; scutellum deflected towards a profound central trans-
verse impression ; tegmina considerably longer than abdomen.

Length 5 6 miilim.

Hah. Ceylon; HakgSila, {Green).

Mr. Green sent me a single example of this distinctly marked
species.

^Genus XESTOCEPHALUS.

<^ Xestocephalus, Van Duz. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 298 (1892) ;
Matsum. Termesz. Fiizetek, xxv, p. 402 C1902) ; Melich. Horn. Faun.
Ceylon, p. 205 (1903).

Type, X. pulicarius, Van Duz., a Nearctic species.

Distribution. Nearctic, Eastern Palaearctic, Ethiopian and
Oriental Eegions.

" Head tumid and rounded before, ocelli placed on the rounded
anterior edge superiorly, distant from the eyes ; vertex convex,
closely evenly punctured, without longitudinal rugoe." {Van
Duzee.)

Vertex broader than long, anteriorly roundly produced, the
lateral margins in a line with the eyes ; face narrowing to clypeus
which is about half its length ; pronotum longer than vertex,
convex, strongly deflected on each lateral area, the anterior margin
rounded, the posterior margin truncate in front of scutellum and
then oblique to the posterior angles ; scutellum broad, its apex
somewhat longly acutely produced ; tegmina considerably longer
than abdomen, their apices angularly rounded, costal margin
moderately rounded, three prominent apical cells (sometimes imper-
fectly seen), a transverse subbasal vein in clavus ; legs moderate,
somewhat slender, the posterior tibiae prominently spinulose.

This genus may here find a tentative location. At present as
already mentioned (ante, p. 265) its taxonomic position is not a
matter of uniform agreement among Homopterists.

XESTOCEPHALTTS, 349

2604. Xestocephalus guttsitus,Motsck. (Deltocephalus) Etud. Ent.
1859, p. 113; 3/fli!sMHi.YXestocepbalus) Termesz. Fiizetek, xxv.

p. 408 (1902) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 206,

t. V, f . 12,

: b (1903) ; id. Wieyi. ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. 303 (1905).

" A small species siuiilar to the European Deltocephalus pulicarius.
Body yellowish-brown, the whole surface strewn with pale round
or longish dots ; vertex as long as breadth between the eyes ; front

Fig. 221. — Xestocephalus guttatus.

broader, obtusely rounded, strongly arched, with numerous small
pale spots ; face arched, shining brownish-yellow, very irregularly
marked with pale suffused spots, sometimes uuicolorous ; pronotum
as long as vertex, with two transverse series of pale dots and
between which on each side of the front margin is a dark almost
quadrangular marginal spot ; scutellum with a black triangular spot
in the basal angles and between them similar pale dots ; tegmiua
short, oval, hyahne, with brown veins between which are numerous
longish or short oval pale spots thickly crowded together, so that
in places they coalesce, the ground-colour also forms in many
places, especially in the the apical area and on the terminal veins,
longish spots ; wings dirty-white with pale yellowish veins ; pectus
and abdomen black, the abdominal segments extremely narrowly
margined with yellow; legs brownish-yellow, unspotted." {Meli-
char. )

"Length d" & $ 2 milhm.'"'

Bab. Ceylon; Henaratgoda (Jlde Melichar), Colombo {fide
MotschoidsJcy).—Jai^an (fide Matsumura). East Africa (fide
Melichar).

I have not seen this species and reproduce Melichar's
description and figure. Motschoulsky's description is inadequate.

2605. Xestocephalus apicalis,

(1903).

Melich. Horn, Faun. Ceylon^ p. 207

" Twice the .size of X. guttatus ; body, as well as vertex, pro-
notum and scutellum brownish-yellow, shining, not pale spotted ;
face rather paler, unmarked ; tegmina brownish-yellow, with shady
greyish-brown markings which seem to indicate the structure of
ocelli, the apical point dark brown as far as the transverse veins

350 JASSID^.

and a spot on the costal margin before the outer transverse vein,
in middle of costal margin an opaque milk-white round spot;
wings greyish-white with brownish veins : body beneath and legs
brownish-yellow. Easily distinguished from X. guitatus by the
considerable size and the absence of pale spots." {MelicJiar.)

"Length 5 3 millim."

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {fide MelicJiar).

I have not seen this species.

2606. Xestocephalus paganums, Melich. Horn. Fmm. Ceylon, p. 207

(1903).

O . . <^

" Similar to X. apicaUs in form and size and to X guitatus in

markings ; the whole body is yellowish-brown, shining ; vertex
unspotted ; pronotum with four pale roundish spots along the
posterior margin, and four similar spots forming a semicircle on
the disk ; scutellum with a brown triangle in the basal angles ;
tegmina twice as long as broad with numerous large pale yellow
roundish spots which locally coalesce, the last spot on costal margin
exhibiting a semicircular figure ; wings fuliginous ; face brown ;
front unmarked, smooth, arched ; body beneath and legs brown ;
dorsum piceous-brown." {MelicTiar.)

" Length $ 3 millim."

Hah. Ceylon {fide Melicliar).

I have not seen this species.

0

2607. Xestoceplialus pardalinus, sp. n.

Vertex brownish-ochraceous, with two discal spots and two

Fig. 222. — Xestocephalus pardcdinus.

transverse hnes on apical margin (defining two pale spots)
•castaneous ; pronotum castaneous with eight ochraceous spots, six

MONOBAZrS.

351

in arcuate marginal series and two at basal margin ; scutellum
brownish-ochraceous, with a piceous spot near each basal angle ;
tegmina brownish-ochraceous with numerous large piceous spots
and reticulate macular markings, these are faithfully pourtrayed on
the figure and are thus better described than by words, the apical
area, however, is distinctly paler and the spots there appear more
prominent ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, the posterior tibiae
spotted with piceous-brown ; the anterior edge of the face is
marked by two dark transverse lines, thus making the two pale
spots as seen on edge of vertex very visible.

Length 4 millim.

Hob. Ceylon ; Maskeliya {Green).

o

Division THAMNOTETTIXARIA.

^Athysanini, Vcm Duzee (part.), Trans. Am. Eat. Soc. xix, p. 299
(1892).

Differs from the preceding division Athysanusaria by the face
being always more or less longer than broad at base, the other
characters as in that division.

Syaojisis of Genera.

A. Breadth of vertex between eyes not broader

than that of face at base.

a. Lateral margins of face nearly straight or

slightly rounded.

a. Face longer than breadth between eyes.

a'. Vertex about half as long as breadth ^

between eyes Monobazus, p. 351.

v. Vertex more than half as long as

breadth between eyes Banus, p. 353. ^

b. Face as long as but not longer than ^

breadth between eyes _. . Thamnotkttix, p. 354.

b. Lateral margins of face sinuate at anterior ^

margins of eyes Bhatia, p. 357.

B. Breadth of vertex between eyes broader than

that of face at base.

a. Breadth of vertex between eyes nearly
pial to length of pronotum and scu- ^
limn together Divus, p. 365.

b. Breadth of' vertex between eyes con-

siderably shorter than length of prono-
tum and scutellum together. ^

a. Clypeus broadest at base Nephotettix, p. 359.

b. Clypeus narrowest at base Eutettix, p. 362. O

^Genus MONOBAZUS.

Type, M. himalayensis, Dist.

Distnbution. N. India.

Vertex about half as long as breadth between eyes, rounded in

equ
tell

352 JASSID.5:.

front ; eyes large, obliquely directed over the anterior angles of the
pronotum, ocelli near the eyes on the anterior edge ; face longer
than broad, lateral margins a little rounded, narrowing to clypeus
which is slender and about half the length of face, margins of
cheeks angulate ; pronotum arched, neai'ly twice as long as vertex,
lateral margins oblique and inwardly oblique at posterior angles,
posterior margin truncate, anterior margin convexly produced ;
scutellum broad, subtriaugular, lateral margins shorter than the
basal, apex very finely apically produced ; legs of moderate length,
posterior tibiae somewhat flattened and strongly spinulose ; tegmina
moderately broad, longer than abdomen, apical cells four, two
anteapical cells, a transverse vein on disk of basal area.

O
2608. Monobazus himalayeiisis, sp. n.

Vertex black with numerous pale ochraceous or brownish-
ochraceous spots ; eyes black ; pronotum testaceous with a series
of anterior submarginal pale spots ; scutellum testaceous, with six
pale ochraceous spots more or less margined with black, two on each

Fig. 223. — Monobazus himalayensis.

lateral margin and two centrally at base; sternum and legs
ochraceous, face pale testaceous, the lateral areas ochraceous, with.
a central pale longitudinal spot at base and four small spots on
basal edge, all margined with black ; abdomen beneath black, the
segmental margins ochraceous : tegmina pale bronzy, subhyaline,
the veins darker, three small dark spots on each claval sutural
margin, apical area a little paler ; pronotum finely transversely
striate and with a faint central longitudinal ridge ; scutellum with
a very finely incised transverse line before apical area ; face
transversely striate on each lateral area.

Length 5 millim.

Hah. N.E. Himalayas ; Kurseong (^nn«nc?rtZe).

353

Genus BANUS, nov.

Type, B. ohlatus, Dist.

Distribution. Ceylon.

Vertex much shorter than breadth bet\\een eyes, subconically
rounded in front, strongly concave at base, lateral margins almost
in a line with outer margins of eyes, which are long and obliquely
extend over the lateral pronotal margins ; face twice as long as
clypeus, lateral margins roundly narrowing to clypeus ; pronotum
longer than vertex, subangularly produced between the eyes, the
posterior angles roundly subprominent, posterior margin a little
concavely sinuate; scutellum broad, much broader than long,
lateral margins straight, transversely impressed before apical
area ; legs moderately slender, posterior tibiae spinulose ; tegmina
much longer than abdomen, broad, ample, the costal and apical
margins convexly rounded, four apical and three anteapical cells,
two angularly united transverse veins at about one-fourth from

2609. Banus oblatus, sp. n.

Pale ochraceous ; vertex with irregular piceous markings which
principally consist of a basal central longitudinal line with paler
margins, a spot near inner margin of each eye, the apical area

Fig. 224. — Bamis oblatus.

black containing three pale spots before which the colour is more
rufous-brown ; pronotum with scattered piceous markings on
anterior area ; scutellum with an obscure brownish angular spot

354 jASsiD.E.

near each basal angle and two small spots of the same colour on
disk ; tegmina shining ochraceous, the veins a little darker ; body
beneath and legs ochraceous ; face with some small transverse
pale black-margined spots on anterior margin, the lateral margins
very narrowly black.

Length 5 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya {Green). Tenasserim ; Myitta
{Dohertij).

Genus THAMNOTETTIX.

*^hamnotettix, Zett. Ins. Lapp. p. 292 (1838) ; Stal, Hem. Afr. iv,
p. 122 (1866) ; Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. Ill (1885) ; Echo. Tr.
E. S. 1888, p. 62 ; Van Buz. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 300 (1892) ;
Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 184 (1903).

Types, T. Uneatus, Fabr., and T. prasinus, Fall. ; Palsearctic
species.

Distribution. Generally distributed.

" Body oval or very oblong ; head variable in breadth and
shape, the anterior margin obtuse or very obtuse, vertex hori-
zontal, face dilated, reclined, slightly convex; front occupying the
greater part of tlie intraocular breadth of the face ; ocelli on the
anterior margin of the vertex at or near the eyes ; pronotum
transverse ; scutellum moderate or small, as long as the pronotum
or shorter ; tegmina membranous, with four or five apical areas,
usually valvate and margined at the apex ; legs moderate, poste-
rior tibiae very spinulose." (Stal.)

0

2610. Thamnotettix brevissimus, Leth. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 1892,

p. 209.

" Oval, short, fuscous ; vertex semicircular, in middle equal to
length of pronotum, frontal-vertical suture strongly obtuse, sub-
convex, black, ornamented with five, interrupted, flavescent,
quadrate spots ; tegmina fuscous, sparsely sprinkled with pale
punctures ; appendix almost indistinct ; body above and beneath
fuscous ; legs fuscous." {Letliierry.)

" <S . Long. 2 millim. 1 ex."

Hah. Mahe {Deschamps, fide Letliierry).

Q

2611. Thamnotettix greeni, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 185

(1903).

Pale obscure flavescent ; vertex wdth two minute apical spots
and two large discal spots black ; pronotum with three anterior
small transverse obscure brown spots ; scutellum with two large
partially concealed black spots near the basal angles ; head
beneath, body and legs pale yellowish ; face with a short line
before each eye and the lateral margins behind antennae blackish ;
clypeus with two small dark spots at base ; posterior tibiae with

THAMNOTEXTIX. 355

small black spots ; teginina with most of the venation piceous-

Fig. 225. — Thamnoiettix grecni.

brown, a black spot beyond middle of clavus and an oblique piceous
streak on each lateral area of tegmen near middle.

Length 5| to 6 millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Pattipola {Mus. Hongrois).

The description and figure is taken from a typical specimen
kindly lent me by Dr. Horvath.

o
2612. Thamnotettix cicur, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 186 (1903).

Vertex pale flavescent with two small apical spots and two

Fig. 226. — Thaymwtettix cicur.
larger discal spots black ; pronotum more ochraceous with two

356 jA.ssiD^.

minute dark spots near anterior margin which is also slightly
paler ; scutellum flavescent with a black spot near each basal
angle ; face flavescent, the lateral margins black, the lateral areas
pale castaneous-brown ; lateral margins of clypeus black ; body
beneath and legs flavescent, posterior tibiae spotted with piceous ;
tegmina pale, dull, somewhat discoloured ochraceous, a little
paler towards apical area, veins fuscous -brown, the claval veins
more prominently so.

Length 5 1 to 6 millini.

Hah. Ceylon ; Pattipola {Mus. Hongrois).

I have to thank Dr. Horvath for the opportunity of figuring
this species.

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2613. Jassus? latruncularius, MoUch. Etud. Ent. 1859, p. Ill;

Melich. Mom. Faun. Ceylon, p. 186 (1903).

" Elongately-subovate, shining, palely fuscous-testaceous ; head
above with four, tegmina with many subquadrate piceous spots ;
pronotum infuscate, palely 12-maculate, subhumeral spots some-
what white." Q o

" Size and shape of the European T. {Jassus) splendidulus, Pabr.,
but of a clear cofl:ee-brown, with the spots black, more or less square,
placed in checks between the nervures, which frequently assume a
brown as well as black tint. On the upper side of the front
(vertex) are seen two brown spots posteriorly and two others a
little sinuate which surround tiie ocelli, placed before the eyes
and moderately projecting. Legs and underside of the body
brownish-testaceous." {Motsclioulsly.)

" Length Ig lin. ; lat. ^ lin."

Hah. Ceylon ; K'ewara Elia {Jide Motschouhhj).

I have not seen this species and have located it provisionally in
agreement with the view of Melichar. By the markings it seems
to approach^. ^9arfZaZ«i 1(5, Dist. {ante, p. 350), and may probably
belong to Xestocephalus.

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2614. Jassus ? curtulus, Motsch. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxvi, 3,

p. 98 (1863) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceijlon, p. 186(1903).

" Subabbreviated, subdilated, almost parallel, posteriorly angu-
larly truncate, somewhat shining, above fuscous-testaceous, varie-
gated with white and black ; vertex triangular, with a white
central line and two ochraceous spots on each side ; eyes large,
oblong, posteriorly convex, cinereous-fuscous, palely margined ;
ocelli testaceous ; antennae slightly passing the base of the pro-
notum, testaceous; pronotum as wide as head, strongly transverse,
laterally narrowed with three white bands, medially less testaceous,
laterally piceous-black ; scutellum triangular, black, somewhat
whitely margined, sometimes at base wbitely bipunctate ; tegmina
as broad as pronotum, medially slightly arcuately dilated; corium
with the cells somewhat fuscously testaceous, blackly margined,
their inner areas broadly white, an oblique fascia at anterior

BHA.TIA. 367

margin of the corium, sinuate spots in middle of membrane forming
an interrupted fascia towards apex ; anterior and intermediate
tibise and tarsi testaceously annulated, posterior tibiae elongate,
setose ; abdomen above testaceous, extending beyond the tegmina;
oviduct in $ acuminate, as long as vertex." {Motschoulsky.)
" Length S 1 1., lat. elytr. 1 1. $ . Length 1| 1., lat. elytr. | 1."
Hab. Ceylon ; Patannas Mount {fide MotsclioulsTcy).
^ I do not know this species. Melichar has placed it after
Thammtettix, and I have followed him.

^ Genus BHATIA, nov.
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Type, B. olivacea, Melich.

Distribution. Ceylon.

Vertex transverse, narrow, between eyes more than twice
as broad as long, rounded anteriorly, with a transverse incision
before apex ; face sinuate at anterior margins of eyes, narrowed
to clypeus, which is spatulate and constricted at middle ; ocelli on
anterior margin at a short distance from eyes, which are obliquely
oblong and extend half across the lateral margins of the pronotum ;
pronotum very much longer than vertex, in front broadly rounded,
posteriorly flatly slightly concave ; scutellum nearly as long as
the pronotum, broadly triangular, with a transverse impression
before apical area; tegmina passing abdominal apex, the claval
veins moderately apically rounded, a transverse vein outside the
middle of clavus.

The above description differs in some respects from that of the
typical species described and figured by Melichar. I can find no
trace of the claval transverse vein, though the pattern of venation
in all other respects agrees with his figure.

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2615. Bhatia olivacea, Melich. (Eutettix ?) Ho7)i. Faun. Ceulon, p. 191,
t. vi,f. 1 a-c (1903).

" Body robust, broad, longly produced, olive or dirty-green ;
head with eyes as broad as pronotum ; vertex three times as broad
as long in middle, arched, in front broadly bowed and provided
with a short transverse furrow whereby the tip of the front
margin appears sharpened, the sharp corner only visible in middle
of margin of vertex disappears on both sides towards the eyes,
in the nape are four small brown dots of which the middle ones
are very close together ; face broader than long, pale green,
twice as broad above as at clypeus ; at the end of frontal suture
the ocelli occur at the passage from the vertex to the front ;
second joint of antennas black, antennal bristles as long as half the
body ; " ziigel " semicircular, enclosed by the cheeks ; clypeus
spatulate, in the middle constricted, at the tip widened ; pronotum
four times * as long as the vertex, in front broadly rounded, behind

* This is an error, a reference to Meliehar's figure will show that the
pronotum is only about twice as long.

358 JASSID.E,

flatly concave, on the surface arched, smooth, greeu, with indistinct
dots near the front margin ; scutellum nearly as long as^the pro-
notum, broadly triangular, with a short transverse line in middle ;
tegmina rather long, passing tip of abdomen, hyaline, dirty olive-
green, with delicate distinct greenish-yellow veins ; in the clavus
a transverse vein connects the outer claval vein with the claval

Fiff. 227. — Bhatia olivacca.

suture, at the end of claval veins are black spots, and the tip of
clavus filled up with black, apical margin broadly bordered mth
dark brown, and there are longitudinal brownish stripes in the
four apical cells ; wings dark smoky-brown, with brownish-piceous
veins ; pectus and abdomen olive-green ; legs dirty greenish-
yellow, femora spotted with brownish, posterior tibiae set with
strong bristles." (Melichar.)

Length inch tegm, 6 to 7 millim.

Hob. Ceylon; Peradeniya ((?regw).

The above description and the figure giA^en by Melichar agree
in all essentials with three Ceylonese specimens in my collection,
one of which is here figured. The absence of the transverse
claval vein I have alluded to in my generic description. The four
small brown dots near base of vertex are not constant ; there are
generally only two, and sometimes none. There are no " longi-
tudinal brownish stripes in the four apical cells," a character which
applies to Kutara hrumiescens {ante, p. 309). Mehchar's description
of this species, which he placed doubtfully mEutettia-, would almost
apply in certain characters to both genera.'^Kutara and Bhatia ;
but as he stated he only saw one 5 specimen, he cannot have
confounded the two species.

NEPllOTETTIX. 359

^ Genus NEPHOTETTIX.

*^Nephotettix, Matswn. Tennesz. Fiizetek, xxv, p. 378 (1902) ; Melich.
Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 192 (1903).
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Type, N. cincticeps, Matsum., from Japan.

Distribution. Eastern Palcearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental. Malayan
and Australian Eegions.

'• Body narrow, compressed, vertex short, in front broadly
rounded, union of vertex to front rounded, a transverse furrow
rather near front margin running from one eye to the other,
frontal margin rather upcurved, the disk of vertex arched ; ocelli
at union of vertex to front, not close to eyes and on the inside of
the suture of the face and cheeks ; face broad as long or shorter
than the width of the cheek-angles, flat, at the ocelli twice as broad
as at the clypeus, margins of the cheeks flatly curved ; clypeus
extending beyond the margins of the cheeks, somewhat quadran-
gular, broadest at base ; pronotum longer than the medial length
of vertex, on posterior margin very flatly curved, at the sides
strongly rounded ; tegmina at apices broadly rounded off, with
only one discal cell ; three middle cells, the first of which is small,
and four terminal cells, no transverse vein on clavus, membranal
appendix rather broad ; wings at apices narrowly rounded ; vena-
tion as in Thamnotettix." {Matsumura.)

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2616. Nephotettix bipunctatus, Fabr. (Cicada) Syst. Rhyng. p. 78
(1803) ; 8tal (TMmuotettix), Hem. Fabr. ii, p. 82 (1869) ;
Atkins. J. A. S. B. liv, p. Ill (1885) ; ikfafsM?H.HfNephotettix)
Termesz. Fiizetek, xx\, p. 379 (1902).

Yellowish-green, shining, smooth ; face (except the lateral
margins) and a spot on each side of clypeus black ; tegmina with
a spot before the middle and the apical two-fifths black ; lateral
spots to the sternum and abdomen black.

The above is a description of the typical male, but in some
specimens of the same sex the face is altogether ochraceous or
greenish -ochraceous, with lateral transverse darker lines. The
female is usually without the discal black spot to the tegmina and
with the face as just described for the varietal male.

Length incl. tegm. 4 to 4| millim,

Bab. Calcutta {Brit. Mus.). Pusa (Lefroy) ; Eanchi (Irvine) ;
Sara Ghat.

Dr. A. G. Butler received one pound weight of these insects
from Calcutta as food for birds in his aviaries.

Dr. Annandale informs me that " in Calcutta this species
appears in enormous swarms in the air at night about the end of
the rains (generally in October). Gas-lamps in the street have to
be protected against the ' green fly,' as it is called, to prevent
the light being put out by the numbers that dash into it. I have

360 JASSID^.

known over three pounds weight of dead ' green flies ' and other
insects to be swept up under a couple of electric lamps one
morning. The swarms do not consist entirely of this species, but

Fig. 22S.—Nephofettix hipunctatus.

/
include a certain number of individuals of N. apicalis, Motsch.,
of small Fulgorids, and other minute insects. Some specimens of
VN. hipunctatus which I kept in captivity lived for over a fortnight
apparently without food."

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2617. Nephotettix apicallS, Motsch. (Pediopsis) Etud. Ent. p. 110

(1859); Melich. (part.) Horn. Faun. Ceijlon, p. 193 (1903),$ ; id.

Wien. ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. 303 (1905) ; Matsum. Trans. Sapporo
^ Nat. Hist. Sac. i, p. 20 (1905).
Pediopsis nigromaculatus, Motsch. Etud. Ent. p. 111J1859);

Matsum. Termesz. Fiizetek, xxv, p. 379 (1902) ; Kirbf{Th?im-

notettix), J. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxiv, p. 173(1891), cJ.
'^Thamnotettix nigropicta, Stdl, Ofv. Vet. -Ah. Forh. 1870, p. 740 ;

Atkins. J. A. S. B. Ivii, p. 338 (1889).
^ Nephotettix nigropicta, Kirk. Rep. Exp. Stat. Haw. Plant. Assoc.

pt. ix, p. 333 (1906).

Tellowish-virescent, smooth, shining ; face, anterior subim-
pressed transverse line on vertex between anterior margins of
eyes, anterior margin of pronotum, scutellar and commissural
margins of clavus, a spot before the middle extending to the
claval suture and there acutely produced hindward, the apical
third of tegmina, sternum, abdomen, greater part of the femora,
anterior tibiae and the tarsi black ; the posterior tibiae at the bases
of the spinules spotted with black ; ventral incisures flavescent.

NEPHOTETTIX,

361

Closely allied to N. hipunctatus, Fabr., but differs in having the
head shorter and more obtuse, anteriorly 'obtusely rounded, and
by the marking: of same. Head as broad as the pronotum, but

Fig. 229. — Xcphotetfix apicalis.

somewhat shorter ; vertex a little longer in the middle than at the
eyes, scarcely twice as broad between eyes as long, anteriorly
within the margin transversely impressed.

Length iucl. tegm. 4 to 5 millim.

Hah. CsilcAittSi {fide Atkinson) ; Pusa, Dacca (T^e/roy). Ceylon;
Colombo {fide Motschotdshj), Pundaluoya, Peradeniya {Green),
Henaratgoda, Negombo, Bandarawella, Putalam {fide Melichar). —
Borneo, Sumatra {fide Atkinson). Philippines {fide Stcd). East
Africa {fide Melichar). Natal; Durban {Muir, Brit. Mm.).

I only possess male specimens of this species, which agree with
the description of Pediopsis nigromacidatus, Motsch. Melichar
seems quite correctly to have identified the^P. apicalis, Motsch., as
the female form, and that name takes precedence, and eliminating
th^Selenocephalus cincticeps, Uhler (Japan), from his svnonymy I
am in agreement with his recognition of the species, which is also
the view of Matsumura and Kirby, Kirkaldy {supra, p. 331) has
confused the species entirely, as he writes ^haf^. hipunctatm,
Fabr., should replace the name apicalis, while^l'. nigropictus should
rep lace 'ciHciJce/)*, Uhler.

" One of the small green insects that suddenly appear towards
the end of the rains (September usually) in Calcutta. During the
few days that they occur they may be found at night in consider-
able heaps beneath the lamps in the public streets, aud they
disappear as abruptly as they come. '^. bipimctatus, Fabr.,
appears at the same time." {Atkinson.)^

This species is never so abundant as iV. bipimctatus in Calcutta,

TOL. IV. 2 B

362 JASSID.E.

but hasa \Aicler seasonal rauge. The lirst specimen I sent in 1907
was taken at light at the end of August. After this time it
becomes commoner, at light and among long grass, and is found
throughout the cold weather, disappearing in the hot season."
(Nelson Annanddle.)

I^enus EUTETTIX.

•^Eutettix, Van Duzee, Psyche, vi, p. 307 (1892) : id. Tr. Am. Ent. Sue.
xix, p. 300 (1892) ; Matsiim. Termesz. Filzetek, xxv, p. 380 (1902) ;
Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 189 (1903).

Type, E. Im-idus, Van Duzee, a Nearctic species.

Distribution. Nearctic, Palaeai'ctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Malayan
and Australasian Kegions. /,

" Intermediate in its characters between " Thamnotettix and
Atliysamis. In form the species resembles Phlepsius, being
broader and stouter than in Thamnotettix. The vertex is rounded
anteriorly and more or less transversely impressed behind the
apex ; the front is nearly as wide as in Athysanus ; the elytra are
proportionally shorter than in^Thamnotettix, and moderately
valvated at the apex, with one transverse nervure between the
first and second sectors. The sides of the pronotum are shorter
than in'^hamnotettix and ecarinate." (Van Duzee.)

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2618. Eutettix disciguttus, Walk. (Acocephala) J. Linn: Soc, Zool. i,
p. 172 (1857); Matsum. Tr. Sapporo N. H. Soc. i, p. 20
(1905).
* Thamnotettix sellata, JJhler, Troc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xix, p. 294
(1896); Matsuon. (Eutettix) Termesz. Filzetek, xxv, p. 381,
fig. (1902) ; Melich. Mom. Faun. Ceylon, p. 189 (1903) ; id.
Wien. ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. 302 (1905); Kirk. Rep. Exp. Stat.
Haw. Plant. Assoc, pt. ix, p. 331 (1900).

Vertex and pronotum pale virescent slightly tinged with
ochraceous, vertex with two small dark spots on basal margin ;
scutellum usually more ochraceous than pronotum, with scattered
brownish spots, a series of small basal marginal spots darker and
more piceous in hue ; head beneath (including face) pale virescent,
face with short indistinct transverse striae ; body beneath and legs
more ochraceous, the tibiaj finely darkly maculate ; tegmina creamy-
white, the venations and some small scattered spots pale fuscous,
a large somewhat outwardly rounded brownish spot or patch ex-
tending beyond apex of claval area, more or less margined with
piceous, and usually with a large piceous spot (sometimes absent)
on disk at its inner margin, and containing two or three creamy
spots on sutural margin, the upper and larger two enclosing a
minute brown spot, apex of tegmina \vith a more or less well-
defined brownish patch preceded by a discal piceous spot.

Length inch tegm. 4 millim.

Hal. Ceylon ; Marawila (Green), Peradeniya, Henaratgoda (fde

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MelicJiar).— Borneo (Wallace, Brit. lUus.) ; Santubong (Hewitt),
Distributed generally throughout the Malayan Archipelago.
Queensland. Japan. East Africa (Jide Melichar).

Fig. 2^Q.—Eutettix disciguttus.

The specimen figured is a Ceylonese specimen
agrees with Walker's Bornean type.

/hich exactly

2619. Eutettix apricus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 190 (1903).

" Size, form and pattern of the previous species, but differs
as fo]lo\vs : — Vertex and pronotum smooth, shining greenish-
yellow without any markings ; face also greenish-yellow, unmarked ;
scutellum rusty-yellow, with four darker longitudinal streaks at
the base ; tegmina hyaline, with rust-brown veins and with
numerous spots and transverse dashes between them, the large
triangular spot on the terminal suture rust-brown, strongly
shining, and bordered on the fore and apical margins with nume-
rous hyaline ^hite spots, in the apical area of tegmina four white
hyaline black-bordered spots in a quadrangle ; wings hyaline,
strongly irridescent, with brown veins ; pectus and abdomen dirty-
yellow, a black longitudinal mark on the back ; legs as in the
previous species." (Melichar.)

" Length $ 3| millim."'

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (fide Melichar).

I have not seen this species ; it was described from a single $
specimen, and is possibly only a varietal form of ^. discir/uttus.

2620. Eutettix phycitis, sp. □.

Vertex about half as long as breadth between eyes ; vertex and
pronotum virescent, the former more tinted with ochraceous ;

2b2

364 JASSiD.i: .

scutellum pale brownish, a large dark brown spot in each basal
angle, an anterior central longitudinal line and the transverse
impression brown ; head beneath pale yellowish ; sternum, abdo-
men and legs brownish-ochraceous, the posterior tibiae with a

Fig. 231 . — Eutettix phycitis.

series of small piceous spots ; tegmina pale brownish with white
spots and suffusions, the white spots more numerous on basal
area, claval sutural margin, and anterior and apical area of tegmen ;
some distinct piceous-brown small spots on apical area of costal
margin ; wings pale and strongly iridescent ; vertex with an
obscure transverse impression in front of eyes ; scutellum strongly
centrally transversely impressed.

Length inch tegm. 3 to 4 millim.

Hah. Calcutta (Indian 3Ius.) ; Pusa (Lefroy) ; Purneah (Paiva).
Ceylon; Kandy (Greeyi).

2621. Eutettix smaragdinus, sp, n.

Above bright green, the vertex often yellowish-green; eyes
black ; tegmina finely and irregularly spotted with white, the
apical area brownish spotted with white between the veins ; body
beneath and legs pale yellowish-green, the tarsi pale brownish ;
vertex smooth ; pronotum with an anterior submarginal arcuate
linear series of coarse punctures ; face with obscure transverse
striations on each lateral area ; posterior tibiae with a linear series
of small piceous spots, the spinules long and prominent ; tarsi
spotted with piceous.

Length 3| to 4 millim.

Hab. Bengal ; Pusa {Lefroy).

The distinct coloration and the anterior linear series of punctures
to the pronotum are characteristic of this species.

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Genus DIVUS, nov.
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Type, B. bijmnctatus, Melich.

Distribution. Ceylon.

Vertex more than twice as broad between eyes as long, rounded
in front of eyes, which are large, oblique and projecting over the
anterior pronotal angles ; face strongly concavely sinuate on each
side before the antennal cavities, its apex truncate and a little
broader than base of clypeus, which is less than half the length of
face ; cheeks broad, their lateral margins not angulate ; pronotum
about twice the length of vertex, arched, prominently deflected on
each side ; scutellum subtriangular, transversely depressed before
apical area ; tegmina longer than abdomen, apical cells four, two
anteapical cells, two transverse discal veins near base ; anterior
and intermediate tibiae finely, posterior tibiae strongly spinulose.

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2622. Divus hipunctatus, Melich. (Eutettix) Horn. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 192 (1903).

" Vertex twice as broad as long, rounded in front, with a trans-
verse furrow running from one eye to the other, and two large

Fig. 232. —Divus bipunetatus

black spots, each placed at the end of the transverse furrow;
vertex, pronotum, scutellum and tegmina dirty-yellowy shining ;
veins of tegmina delicate, rather dark ; underside and legs dirty-
yellow, back brownish." {Melicliar.)

" Length S 6 millim."

Hah. Ceylon {fide Melichar); Peradeniya {Green).

I figure a specimen which appears to represent this species, the
type of which I have not seen. The dark dorsum is reflected

through the tegmina, and thus gives them the clouded appearance
as in the above figure. At the basal margin of the scutellum are
two very obscure transvei'se linear black spots ; the pronotum is
thickly finely transversely striate, the face obliquely striate on each
lateral area.

A single example was sent me by Mr. Grreen.

^ Division CIGADULARIA.
'-^Cicadulini, Van Duzee, Trans. Am. Eat. Soc. xix, p. 298 (1892).

" Outer branch of the first sector of the elytra with its outer
fork obsolete, or nearly so; anterior edge of the head well
rounded, vertex but little if at all longer on the middle than next
the eye." {Van Duzee.)

Vertex only half as long, or less than half as long, as breadth
between eyes.

Synojjsis of Genera.*

A. "First two sectors of the wings coalescing

before the apex, the resulting nervure unit-
ing with the costa some distance before the

tip of the wing, thus forming but two apical q

areoles " Balclutha, p. 368.

B. " First two sectors of the wings united for a

greater or less distance, but soon again

separating and attaining the apex of the -j

wing, thus forming three apical areoles " . . Cicadula, p. 366.

^ Genus CICADULA.

*^Cicadula, Zett. Ins. Lapp. p. 296 (1838) ; Fieb. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien,
xvi, p. 606 (1866) ; Van Diizee, Psyche, vi, p. 305 (1892) ; id.
Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 300 (1892) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Cei/lon,
p. 187 (1903).
^ Macrosteles, Ft'eb. Verh, z.-b. Ges. Wien, xvi, p. 504 (1866).
O Thamnus, Fieb. torn. cit. p. 505.

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Type, C. variata, Fall., a Palaearctic species.
Distribution. Probably genei^ally distributed.
In Fieber's system, adopted by Fntonf Cicadula is restricted to
those species in which the outer branch of the first sector of the
tegmina is obsolete or nearly so, thus leaving two anteapical
areoles instead of three, as in^Tliamnotettioe. '^Cicadula, as re-
stricted by Van Duzee, has " Head broad and rounded before as

As defined by Van Duzee.

CICADULA. 367

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m Limnotetttx, the front is rather narrow, the sides of the
pronotum of moderate length and without a carina ; tegmina long
with a well-developed appendix."

^ Van Duzee also remarks that Cicadula, LimnotettLvfChlorotettiv,
ThamnotettLv, ^Eutettix, and '^th>/sanus might be considered as

^ubgenera of but one, or possibly two, generic groups separated by
Thamnotettix and '^A.thysanus. '"' They are certainly unsatisfactory
in their characters and quite artificial," He, however, sub-
sequently (1S94) retains them in his system.

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2623. Cicadula vaga, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 187 (1903).

Vertex pale oehraceous, two transverse spots on anterior margin
and two smaller discal spots between eyes, black ; pronotum pale
brownish-ochraceous, the anterior and posterior margins paler;
vscutellum pale oehraceous with two partially concealed black spots
at base; head beneath oehraceous; face with two black spots on

Fig. 233. — Cicadula vaga.

basal margin, a central line and the transverse striae brownish ;
clypeus with the margins and a central fascia brownish ; tegmina
pale tawny-grey, the costal area for more than half its length pale
yellowish-grey ; legs oehraceous, posterior tibiae finely spotted
with brown.

Length 'd\ millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Pattipola {Mus. Homjrow).

I have figured a cotype obligingly sent to me for that purpose
by Dr. Horvath of Budapest.

^ Genus BALCLUTHA.

O Gnathodus, Fteb. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xvi, p, 504 (1866) ; Edio.

Tr. E. S. 1888, p. 77 ; Van Buzee, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 300

(1892), nom. prteocc.
t^Balclutha, Ev'k, Entomologist, xxxiii, p. 243 (1900), nom. n. ; Oshan.

Verz. Pal. Hem. Bd. ii, p. 185 (1906).

Type, B. punctata, Thunb.

Distribution. Probably almost universally distributed.

" Body oblong, obtuse in front, much narrowed behind. Crown
very short, about one-fourth as long as the pronotum *, scarcely
longer in the middle than at the sides. Elytra much longer than
the abdomen, overlapping at the apex ; outer branch of the cubital
nerve obsolete ; membrane very large, as long as the inner margin
of the clavus ; appendix large. Submargiual wing-nerve complete ;
upper branch of the second wing-nerve confluent with the first,
and running into the submarginal nerve as one nerve ; third wing-
nerve joined to the lower branch of the second by a transverse
nerve." (Edivards.)

" First two sectors of the wings coalescing before the apex, the
resulting nervure uniting with the costa some distance before
the tip of the wing, thus forming bat two apical areoles." (Van
Duzee.)

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2624. Balclutha punctata, Thnnb. (Cicada) Act. Ups. iv, p. 21
(1784); Zett. (fcicadula) Ins. Lapp. p. 298 (1840): Fieb.
(Gnathodus) Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xvi, p. 605 (1866) ; Edio. Tr.
E. S. 1888, p. 77 ; Proc.YTvphlocyba) Pet. Faune Ent. Canad.
iii, p. 301 (1890) ; 7 a?! i»M~eetCinathodus), Tr. Am. Ent. Soc.
xxi, p. 306 (1894) ; Ediv. Hem.-Hom. Brit. Islds. p. 191 (1896) ;
Matsum. Termesz. Fuzetek, xxv, p. 358 (1902) ; Melich. Horn.
Faun. Ceylon, p. 207 (1903); Os/iff«. 'X^alclutha) Verz. Pal.
Hem. Bd. ii, Horn. p. 185 (1906).

d" . " Greyish-yellow or pale salmon-coloured ; elytra with a
few black spots arranged in two obhque bands, one on the basal
third, the other next the angular veins ; $ pale green, the spots
on the elytra reduced to t^o on the clavus, one at the apex, the
other near the base, and one or two on the corium next the
angular veins. Crown obtusely produced in front. Head, pro-
notum and scutellum sometimes marked with fuscous or black, in
the apex of each Aving a fuscous streak. Abdomen black, hind
margins of the segments narrowly pale. Legs pale ; tibije some-
times dark towards the apex, and with dark points on the outer
side." (Edwards.)

I have not seen the species from the Orient, the above is a
description of it as found in England. I have figured a d and
$ example taken in Silesia by Dr. Eger, in which the 2 specimen

* The vertex would be better described as about one third as long as the
pronotum.

BALCLUTHA.

369

is almost unicolorous, the black spots being practically indis-
cernible.

Length d & $ 3| to 4 millim.

Hah. Ceylon : Peradeniya {fide Melichar). — New Guinea {fide
Melicliar). Japan {fide Matsumura). Generally distributed

Fig. 234. — Baldutha punctata.

throughout the Palaearctic Eegion. Nearctic liegion. " Canada,
eastern United States to Iowa and Texas " {fide Van Duzee).

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2625. Balclutha lineata, Melich. (Gnathodus) Horn. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 208 (1903) ; id. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. 304 (1905).

" Elongate, narrow, yellowish-white or pale yellowish ; vertex
rounded, ocelli near the eyes, distinctly visible at passage of
vertex to front ; pronotum with five rusty-yellow longitudinal
lines, of which the middle one is produced on the scutellum to
the impressed transverse line, the adjoining lines form indistinct
spots in the basal angles ; tegmina hyaline, dirty-yellow, some-
times reddish-yellow, with white veins which are margined with
brown in the apical area and are therefore more strongly
prominent, frequently the middle apical cell is quite filled with
brown and this stripe extends upwards into the corium ; wings
hyaline, vitreous, with delicate veins ; underside pale yellow ;
dorsum black; legs pale yellowish, claws dark." {Melicliar.)

" Length c? & 2 3 to 3^ millim."

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {fide Melicliar). — East Africa {fide
Melichar).

370 jASsiD.i:.

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2626. Balclutha rubrostriata, Melkh. (Gnathodus) Horn. Faun.

Ceylon, p. 208 (1003).

"Eesembles B. imnctata, Thunb., in size and shape; head
(including vertex), pronotum and scutellum pale yellowish-white ;
on second joint of antennae and on the base of the antennal
bristle a distinct hair is visible ; tegmina milky-white with white
veins and pale red longitudinal stripes between them, a similar
stripe in the clavus, interrupted by the outer claval vein, the
second stripe extends from the shoulder to the apex of tegmen,
interrupted in several places by strong white veins, membrane
vitreous ; wings hyaline, vitreous, with white veins ; pectus and
abdomen white ; dorsum black in middle ; legs white, claws dark."
{Mdichar.)

" Length 5 4^ millim."

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Jide Melichar).

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2627. Balclutha viridis, Matmm. (Gnathodus) Term^sz. Fiizetek, xxv,

p. 359 (1902) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 208 (1903).

" Whole body saturated- green without any markings ; vertex
in middle about half as long as breadth between eyes, in front
very slightly obtusely angulate, almost rounded, arched above,
face as broad as long, unmarked; pronotum twice as long as
vertex, in front strongly arcuate, posteriorly slightly excavate,
laterally rounded-off, an impressed, waved, transverse line on disk
near the anterior margin ; scutellum triangular, flattened or
smooth, with an impressed transverse line in middle ; tegmina
moderately long, somewhat broader in middle, narrowed behind,
saturated-green, towards apex paler, almost hyaline and trans-
parent, all the veins green, in apical area faintly green ; wings
milky-white ; pectus and abdomen both above and beneath green ;
legs green, tarsi rusty-yellow ; posterior tibiiB with yellowish-
white bristles on the outer ridges." {Melichar.)

"Length d 3^, $ 4 miUim."

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Henaratgoda {fide Melichar).

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2628. Balclutha intrusa, Melich. (Gnathodus) Horn. Faun. Ceylon,

p. 209 (1903) ; Matsvm. Journ. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo,
xxiii, p. 11 (1908).

" Body longish, narrow, pale greyish- white ; vertex narrow, in
front very flatly rounded, with two greyish spots \\'hich are,
however, not invariably present ; front with some rusty-yellow
transverse dashes, antennal cavities blackish ; pronotum and
scutellum unmarked, or with faint longitudinal stripes ; tegmina
pale greyish-white, opaque, apical parts slightly tinged with
brownish, veins delicate white; wings with milky-white suiiusions;
pectus at sides, or in the whole circumference, black ; abdomen

SCAPHOIDEUS. 371

somewhat Strongly green ; legs pale greeuish-white ; all the claws
dark.' {Mehdiar.)

" Length c? 2, $ 21 millim.''
/ ,^^'^- C'eylon ; Peradeniya, Colombo (fide, Melichar).—Tnn\s
( Jide Matsum lira ).

0 2629. Balclutha laevis, Melich. %neithodns) Hom. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 209 (1903) ; id. Wim. ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. 304 (1905).

"A small greenish-yellow or dirty pale green-coloured species
without any markings ; vertex broadly rounded, narrow • pro-
notum and scutellum unmarked ; tegmina pale green hyaline with
white veins, apices slightly brownish ; underside and legs pale
green, claws weakly brown." {Melicliar.)

" Length c? & $ 2 to 2| millim."

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeni'ya, Henaratgoda {fide J/eZ/c^rt/-).— East
Africa {fide MeUchar).

Division DELTOCEPHAL US ARIA.

Deltoceplialini, Van Buzee (part.), Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 298

^xVtbvsanini, Van Duzee (part.), torn. cit.

hi this division the vertex is more or less angularly produced
m trout of eyes and is as long as or longer than breadth between
eyes.

Sijnojisis of Genera.

A. Face much longer than breadth between
eyes,

a. Scutelluui large, as long as or slightly

longer than proiiotum ^.... Scaphoideus, p. 371. ^

b. bcuteUum small, shorter than pro-

iiotum AcoNURA, p. 378. ^

±5. b ace scarcely longer than breadth between

^^'^^ Dkltocephalus, p. 380. O

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Genus SCAPHOIDEUS.

*^Scaphoideus ZZ^fe;-, Trayis. Maryl. Ac. Set. p. 33 (1888) ; Van Duz.
'n- Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 299 (1892); Osborn, J. Cine. Soc. Nat.
n^L^^V-^f^ ^^^^^^ ' ^^«^«"»'- Termesz. Fiizetek, xxv, p. 383
(1902) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 194 (1903).

Type, S. immistus, Say, a Nearctic species.

Distrihutlon. >s>arotic, Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Malayan
and Australasian Eegions.

•'Head triangular, flat above, vertex almost as long as the
width between the eyes, subacuminate at tip, the base deeply

372 JASSIDiE.

sinuated ; front longer than wide, deltoid, with the sides near the
tip moderately curved, tylus liguliform ; cheeks broad, curved,
expanded to behind the middle of the eye, acutely tapering at tip
and hardly enclosing the entire lora, the lora diagonal, acute at
each end ; antennae long and slender ; pronotum sublunate, more
curved anteriorly than sinuated posteriorly ; wing-covers mode-
rately narrow, longer than the abdomen, curved, valvate, the costal
areola long, narrow, destitute of cross-veins, followed by a
gradually widening cell, beyond this are four apical cells of large
size and mostly broad triangular figure; wings with the two
apical middle areoles long and narrow, narro\nng at base towards
the cross-vein; abdomen moderately long and narrow." (Uhler.)

2630. Scaphoideus festivus, Matsum. Termesz. Filzetek, xxv, p. 384,
t. 1, f. 14 (1902); Melich. Rom. Faun. Ceylon, p. 195, t. v,
f. 8, a, b (1903).
OZurugi-yoJcobai, Onuki, Japan Cic. Tokio, p. 30, t. iv, f. 2 (1901).

Vertex creamy-white, \dth the lateral margins piceous, and a
transverse castaneous fascia between the anterior margins of eyes;
pronotum dull obscure greyish, with an anterior marginal and a
transverse discal fascia reddish-brown ; scutellum reddish-brown,
with a transverse white fascia before apex, and some obscure

Fig. 235. — ScapJwidens festivus.

longitudinal piceous lines on basal area ; tegmiua reddish-brown,
paler on costal area where there are some oblique linear piceous
spots, a series of greyish spots of which the most prominent are
three arranged in pairs on each side of claval suture, the others
more obscure in basal area of clavus, a piceous spot in apical area;

SCAPHOIDEUS. 373

body beneath and legs stramineous ; face with the anterior margin
and three more or less transverse lines black.

Length 5 to 5| millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya {Green). — Japan {fide Matsumura).

2631. Scaphoideus ornatus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 196, t. V,
f. 9 (1903).

"Vertex as long as breadth between eyes, triangularly pro-
duced, arched above and like pronotum and scutellum greyish-
white, two black parallel arched lines on anterior margin running
from one eye to the other, and with a broad orange-yellow
transverse fascia between the eyes bordered 'm. front with a dark
line ; face pale yellowish-white, with an anterior black arcuate
line parallel with margin of vertex, antennal cavities black ;
pronotum about as long as vertex, anteriorly strongly arcuately
pi-oduced, posterior margin nearly straight, lateral margins short
and parallel, discally arched, with an orange-yellow transverse
spot in middle of anterior margin, and a similarly coloured broad
transverse band in middle, the ends angularly broken, running
into outer mai'gin where there is a small black dot ; scutellum
with an orange-yellow transverse spot at base which does not
reach the basal angles and extends to the depressed transverse
medial line, beyond this impression the colour is silvery shining
white with two black marginal dots on each side ; tegmina some-
what long, passing abdominal apex, shining hyaline, with brown
veins and brown spots between them which enclose several
hyaline spots, there being three or four such hyahne spots in
clavus among which is an oblong transverse spot in middle of
terminal margin bordered in front by a darker spot, also several
spots in middle cell, whereas the costal half of tegmina is hyaline
with only a dark brown spot before the middle of costa, costal
transverse vein dark brown ; membrane fuliginous, apical margin
clear, a black spot at centre of middle apical cell ; wings hyaline
with brown veins ; pectus and abdomen yellowish-white, the first
above black, beneath only the hind borders of connexivum dark ;
legs yellowish-white, posterior tibiae with black spots at the bases
of pale spines, apices of posterior tibiee and joints of tarsi as well
as claws black." {Melichar.)

"Length § 5| millim."

Hah. N. Bengal ; Katihar, Parneah District {Paiva). Ceylon ;
Peradeniya {fide Melichar).

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2632. Scaphoideus moroSUS, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 197, t. v,
f. 14, a-d (1903).

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum pale greyish-white ; vertex
with a subapical ti-ansverse line and a broad fascia between the

374 JASSIBiE,

eyes brownish-testaceous ; pronotum with four longitudinal psile
brownish-testaceous fasciae (in the specimen figured by Melichar
there is an additional lateral fascia on each side) ; scutellum Avith
three longitudinal fasciae with dark margins, the two lateral
fascias darker, shorter, and posteriorly angulated ; body beneath

Fig. 236. — Scaphoideug vio}-oms.

and legs pale greyish-ochraceous ; face with two anterior trans-
versely angulated testaceous lines ; posterior tibiae spotted with
piceous ; tegmina pale greyish-white, the veins more or less
testaceous, three dark obliquely transverse lines on posterior half
of costal area, a piceous spot preceded by a smaller white spot in
central apical cell.

Length incl. tegm. J & $ 4|| to 5 millim.

Hah. Calcutta {Coll. Dist.). Ceylon; Peradeniya (G^reeji), Point
de Galle (FletcTier), Henaratgoda, Colombo (fide Melichar).

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2633. Scaphoideiis indicus, sp. n.

Vertex testaceous, basal margin white, anterior margin black
inwardly bordered with white ; pronotum testaceous with an
arcuated narrow transverse central fascia and the basal margin
narrowly white ; scutellum testaceous with a transverse apical
fascia, including the apex, white ; body beneath and legs pale
greyish-ochraceous ; a black basal line to face, which is immediately
followed by a similar testaceous line ; abdomen beneath basally
and laterally black ; posterior tibiae spotted with black ; tegmina
obscure pale flavescent irrorated with greyish, the veins piceous-
brown, three alternately piceous and greyish spots on claval suture,
three pale spots on apical half of costal area, apical margin

SCAPHOIDEUS. 375

broadlv fuscous, outwardly bordered with flavescent and inwardly
maculately bordered with the same colour ; vertex angularly
produced, about as long as breadth between eyes.

Length incl. tegm. 5 millini.

Hab. Assam ; Margherita {Coll. Dist.). Tenasserim ; Myitta
{Dohertii).

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2634. Scaphoideus consanguineus, sp. u.

Vertex greyisli-white, an anterior marginal and two submarginal
transverse lines black, thus enclosing two anterior transverse
greyish-\\hite lines, a discal transverse reddish-testaceous patch ;
pronotum plumbeous, a testaceous-red transverse spot on anterior
margin, and a similarly coloured transverse fascia near middle ;
scutellum dull yelIo«'ish-grey, a testaceous spot near each basal
angle, and a central longitudinal piceous line ; body beneath and
legs pale ochraceous, face at base showing the edge of the black
margin above and preceded by a parallel piceous line ; bases of the
tarsi black, posterior tibiae spotted with black ; tegmina pale
ochraceous, subhyaliue, the apical area paler where the veins and
the subapical margin are more or less black, three small black
spots on the claval suture and a transverse black line between the
elaval veins ; vertex angularly produced, about as long as breadth
between eyes.

Length incl. regm. 44 milhm.

Hah, Calcutta (Annan(hiJe).

A single specimen sent me by Dr. Annandale. Closely allied
to the preceding species -S. indicns, but differs by the two blackly
enclosed white lines to the vertex which is also more angulate at
apex, different markings of the tegmina, &c.

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2635. Scaphoideus elegantulus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 198,

t. V, f. 10«(1903).

Vertex greyish-white, two small transverse black spots at apex
and two larger testaceous spots on disk between eyes ; pronotum
greyish -white, a large testaceous or sometimes three small
testaceous spots at anterior margin and two transverse testaceous
spots on disk, in front of each of the latter are one or two black
spots ; scutellum greyish-white with a large testaceous spot at
each basal angle and a more indistinct spot near anterior margin,
two small black spots on apical area ; head beneath greyish-white,
face with two anterior piceous lines, followed by four discal spots
and t\\o spots on each posterior lateral margin piceous (sometimes
these spots more or less coalesce) ; clypeus \\\{\\ four piceous
spots, sometimes coalesced into two longitudinal lines, cheeks
spotted with piceous ; body beneath and legs greyisTi-white, bases
of anterior femora and spots to posterior tibiae piceous ; tegmina
pale flavescent spotted with greyish-white and black, the principal

376 JASSIDiE.

white spots are on claval suture, disk, and costal and apical areas,
the principal black spot is a discal linear one ; vertex subconically
produced, a little longer than breadth between eyes.

Length 4 to 4| milbm.

Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya (G^r^en), Hambantula (-PZ«^c7«er).

Mr. Fletcher collected his Jassids at the lights of the
' Sea-Lark ' as she lay off the coast.

2636. Scaphoideus polymitus, sp. n.

Vertex greyish-white with an irregularly shaped black cruciform
fascia extending to base, apex and lateral margins : pronotum
very pale luteous, anterior margin and lateral areas black and
with a central transverse testaceous fascia ; scutellum creamy-
white, testaceous at base, the basal angles broadly black; body
beneath and legs pale ochraceous, lateral margins of sternum and

Fig. 237. — Scaphoidctis polymitus.

abdomen ■spotted with piceous ; posterior tibiae inwardly spotted
with black ; tegmina dull ochraceous, two spots at base of inner
claval margin, two on apical half of claval suture, a transverse
series of three crossing disk of tegmen, and some irregularly
shaped spots on apical and subapical areas greyish-white more or
less margined with castaneous-brown, in some instances these
castaueous margins are developed into spots ; vertex subconically
produced, about as long as breadth between eyes; face with an
interrupted black line near basal margin, finely obHquely trans-
versely striate; centrally longitudinally palely interrupted.

Length inch tegm. 5 millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta (Doherty).

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2637. Scaphoideus riissus, sp. n.

Vertex creamy-white, the basal area to beyond eyes aud a large
apical spot reddish-testaceous ; pronotuiii creamy-white, an arcuate
transverse antei-ior marginal series of spots and tessellate markings
on basal area reddish-testaceous ; scutellum creamy-white, a large
reddish-testaceous spot at each basal angle, the apical area
somewhat ivory-white ; body beneath and legs pale yellowish,
basal half of abdomen more or less reddish-testaceous ; tegmina
dull pale ochi'aceous with obscure pale greyish spots with darker
margins, the largest and most prominent of which are two at
claval suture, a few irregularly shaped and sized on disk, two at
costal area before apex, and a few very small on apical area, the
veins are also mostly dark aud more testaceous in hue ; vertex
somewhat lougly triangularly produced, medially longer than
broad between eyes ; scutellum transversely impressed before
apex, its lateral and apical margins very narrowly reddish-
testaceous.

Length 4| millim.

Hah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

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2638. Scaphoideus notatus, sp. n.

Vertex greyish-white, centrally ochraceous, a marginal series of
small piceous spots, two before each eye, four near anterior
margin and two before apex, the latter branching out on
each side ; pronotum pale ochraceous, some darker obscure
spots near anterior margin, and two ochraceous discal longi-
tudinal spots ; scutellum dull greyish with an ochraceous spot
near each basal angle ; tegmina pale ochraceous, the apical area
paler, three small piceous spots on each claval suture ; body
beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; lateral margins of face narrowly
piceous, two minute dark spots before base of clypeus ; vertex
with the anterior margin subconically rounded, about as long as
width between eyes ; scutellum prominently transversely depressed
and incised before lateral area ; posterior tibiae faintly darkly
spotted.

Length 5 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya ((?reen),

A species to be recognized by the darkly spotted vertex.

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2639. Scaphoideus fletcheri, sp. n.

Vertex very pale ochraceous, a central longitudinal piceous line
not reaching apex, on each side of which is a testaceous spot, a
transverse submarginal series of four darker spots before apex ;
pronotum and scutellum plumbeous-grey, the anterior margin pale

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378 JASSID.5:.

ochraceoiis, on which are two small testaceous spots ; tegmina
pale dull grej'ish-ochraceous, three small spots oa each claval
suture, one on anterior margin of clavus near base, one in front of
clavus near middle of tegmea, and three on costal margin of apical
area, black ; body beneath and legs very pale greyish-ochraceous ;
posterior tibiae minutely spotted with piceous; vertex somewhat
angularly produced, about as long as width between eyes ; face
unicolorous ; eyes black.

Length 4| millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Hambantula {Fletcher).

The spotted tegmina is characteristic of this species.

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2640. Scaphoideus punctulatUS, Melich. (Eutettix) Horn. Faun.
Ceylon, p. 191 (1903).

" Body pale shining yellowish ; vertex as long as breadth
between eyes, triangularly produced, arched above, with a shallow
transverse furrow between the eyes and a pale brown, very
indistinct, shadowy transverse b^d ; face pale yellow without
markings ; pronotum formed as in Eutettix apricus, near anterior
margin an impressed bow-shaped transverse line, behind this
finely transversely striped; tegmina hyaline, pale yellowish, set
with black spots regularly arranged, four spots in clavus, three on
terminal suture at end of claval vein and at tip of clavus, the
fourth spot in claval sutural cell in the anterior third; in corium
three spots, one in middle of discoidal cell and on costal margin,
one at ends of both outer apical veins ; veins pale yellowish,
delicate ; wings hyaline, strongly iridescent, traversed by yellow
veins ; pectus, abdomen and legs pale yellowish ; posterior tibiae
with small dark brown spots at bases of spines ; tips of joints of
tarsi and all the claws brown." (MelicJmr.)

" Length S 5 millim."

Hab. Ceylon ; Henaratgoda (fide Melichar), Peradeniya (Grreen).

I possess a single example of this species. It is more nearly
allied to \Scap7ioideus than to'^utettLo as placed by Dr. Melichar,
and there I at least provisionally locate it.

Genus ACONURA.

'''^conura, Leth. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xix, Compt. Rend. p. Ixxxv (1876) ;
Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 187 (1903).

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Type, A. jaTcoivlefi, Leth., from Astrakan.

Distribution. Palaearctic and Oriental Regions.

" Vertex large, triangular, anteriorly obtuse, posteriorly arcu-
ately emarginate, in middle twice as large as pronotum ; eyes
large, oblong, obUquely situate; the suture uniting vertex and

ACONUEA.. 379

front convex ; clypeus quadrangular, elongate, half the length of
face ; pronotum short, angles rounded, anteriorly semicircular ;
posterior tarsi with the first joint about equal in length to the
two following joints, the second about half shorter than the third ;
hemelytra in macropterous forms evidently appendiculated ; $
vagina "cum coleostro" larger than abdomen, " vagina coleostro
supra diiplo majore." {Leihierrji.)

Apparently connects °Cicadida and ^hamnotettiv with Delto-
cepludus; remarkable for the very developed triangular vertex, the
large, oblong, obliquely placed eyes, and the § genital organs
which are longer than the rest of the abdomen.

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2641. Aconura COlombensis, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 187
(1903).

" Body short, compressed, rather broad ; vertex, pronotum and
tegmina shining green ; vertex triangularly produced, as long as
broad at base, arched, above often yellowishly coloured ; head
beneath brownish-yellow ; face twice as long as medially broad,
narrowed to clypeus, with two rows of very short brownish dashes,
which are often entirely absent; "ziigel" semicircular, in middle
of " ziigelnaht " an extremely little black dot; clypeus twice as
long as broad, longly spatulate, projecting somewhat beyond the
tips of the cheeks ; the antenual bristles dark, very long, extending
to half the length of body; eyes reddish-brown ; pronotum as long
as vertex and in front strongly curved, behind flatly bayed, nearly
straight, the sides very short, on the disk two closely placed
quadrangular impressions are visible ; scutellum short, triangular,
with a deepened transverse line ; tegmina hyaline, green, slightly
rounded behind, not covering abdominal apex ; veins delicate, of
the ground colour of the tegmina, terminal cells short ; wings
hyaline, transparent, with yellowish veins; pectus black; abdomen
black, borders of segments yellow or brownish-yellow and the base
of the segmental borders black ; back black ; legs pale brownish-
yellow, tips of tarsi and claws dark ; posterior tibiae on inner side
sometimes indistinctly striped with brownish, brown dots at bases
of pale spines." {Melichar.)

"Length, c? 2|, 5 3 millim."

Hah. Ceylon ; Colombo (fide Melichar.)

2642. Aconura solitaris, Mdich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 188 (1903).

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum brownish-ochraceous ; vertex
with two dark longitudinal impressed spots near base ; pronotum
with two transverse linear impressions near anterior margin
and with a distinct eentx'al longitudinal ridge ; scutellum with a
transverse central impression; body beneath black; head beneath,

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380 JASSID^.

rostrum, legs and lateral margins of abdomen ochraceous; tegmina
pale brownish, the veins, costal margin and apical area paler.

Fig. 238. — Acomira solitaris.

"Length S •^ millim., 5 3| to 4 millim."
Hah. Ceylon ; Pattipola (Mus. Hongrois).

Dr. Horvath of the Budapest Museum kindly allowed me to see
specimens of this species, one of which is here figured.

Genus DELTOCEPHALUS.

*T3eltocephalus, Btmn. Gen. Ins. i, t. xiv, subg. 3 (1840) ; Fieb. Verh.
z.-b. Ges. Wien, xvi, p. 506 (1866) ; E(hv. Tr. E. S. 1888, p. 33 ;
Van Uuz. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 299 (1892) ; Oshorn ^' Ball,
low. Ac. Sci. iv, p. 195 (1897) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon,
p. 199 (1903).

Type, D. pidicar-is, Fall., a Palsearctic species.

Distribution. Probably almost universally distributed.

Melichar thus differentiates the genus : " Vertex pointed or
obtusely angularly produced ; face symmetrically hexagonal ;
pronotum broader than long ; tegmina longer or slightly shorter
than the abdomen, rounded off behind, with distinct veins usually
bordered with brown to black ; in the clavus a distinct transverse
vein running from the outer claval vein to the claval suture."

2643. Deltocephalus dorsalis, Motsch. Mud. Ent. 1859, p. 114;
Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 200, t. v, f. 13, a-d (1903).
C* Deltocephalus fulguralis, Matsum. Termesz. Filzetek, xxv, p. 391,
fig. (1902).

Vertex, body beneath and legs pale ochraceous ; vertex with
two obscure spots at the transverse depression and two smaller

DELTOCEPHALUS.

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ones near base ; pronotum and scutellum greyish ; pronotum with
some very obscure darker longitudinal shadings ; scutellum with
a dark spot near each basal angle ; coxfe and abdomen beneath
with some dark spots ; tegmina greyish, with an irregular broad
oblique fuscous fascia commencing near base and continued to
claval apex, its margins are deeply notched or obtusely angulate
and enclose a central pale spot on claval sutures, from apex of
clavus there is an oblique series of fuscous-brown spots and the
apical cells are margined with the same colour, beyond middle of
costal margin is a linear dark spot and there are paler fuscous

Fig. 239. — Dclfoccphalus dorsalis.

between the veins and on base of claval area ; face with
obscure dark striations and a pale central spot at base.

Length inch tegm. 3 to 4 millim.

Hah. Bengal; Dacca {Lefroy), Calcutta (Annandale, Ind. Mus.).
Ceylon ; Yatiyantota {Green), Peradeniya, Henaratgoda, Colombo
{fide Melicliar). Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty) — Borneo ; Japan.

Dr. Annandale has taken this species " at light " in Calcutta.
A Tenasserim specimen is here figured.

2644. Deltocephalus pulvisculus, sp. n.

Very pale greyish-brown ; eyes reddish-brown ; vertex with six
obscure darker spots at anterior margin, the one near each eye
more distinct and blacker, two longitudinal dark spots on disk
between the eyes and a small castaneous spot at middle of basal
margin ; pronotum with the anterior margin paler, this paler area
posteriorly defined by a central transverse and two lateral arcuate
darker lines ; scutellum with a triangular darkly margined spot

near each basal angle ; tegmina with the veins and minute scat-
tered spots brownish, clavus greyish with about nine large greyish-
brown spots more or less margined with piceous, some similar but
smaller spots beyond clavus, the dark margins coalescing and
forming two or three small piceous spots beyond central disk,
apical area greyish, the margins of the cells somewhat broadly
piceous, some linear piceous spots on costal margin ; wings hyaline
with an iridescent tint ; body beneath and legs pale greyish-
brown ; posterior tibiae spotted with brown, its extreme apex
black, posterior tarsi spotted with black ; lateral and apical margins
of face and lateral margins of clypeus very narrowly and linearly
black ; vertex about as long as breadth between eyes, transversely
linearly impressed in front of eyes, before which there is a slight
transverse ridge ; scutellum with a transverse impression near
middle.

Length 4 millim.

Hah. Bengal ; Pusa {Lefroy).

Mr. Lefroy sent a single example of this species.

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2645. Deltocephalus distiiictus, Motsch. Etml. Ent. 1859, p. 112;
Melich. Horn. Farm. Ceylon, p. 200, t. iv, f. 21, a, b (1903).

Body above dull ochraceous ; anterior margin of vertex black
with five white spots ; eyes piceous ; tegmina with most of the
veins whitish but in all cases a little paler than the tegminal
surface, with two or three blackish macular shadings (as in the
specimen here figured), though these are inconstant, interior of the

Fig. 240. — Beltocejjhalus distinctvs.

apical cells paler ; anterior margin of head beneath showing the
extremities of the black and white markings above ; face with
curved transverse darker markings medially palely longitudinally

DELTOCEPHALUS. 383

interrupted ; legs finely spotted with pieeous, the tibial spinules
piceous ; vertex broadly subtriangular, about as long as pronotum ;
scutellum with two slightly raised white Unes at base, which is a
little darker than its apical area; face slightly convex.

Length 3i to 4 milliiu.

Hah. Ceylon; Co\omho {fide MotscJioulshj), Peradeniva ((?mn),
Henaratgoda {fide Melicliar).

Motschoulsky makes no mention of the dark spots to the
tegmina,aud these clearly constitute only an inconstant character.

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2646. Deltocephalus latus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon n '>0'>
(1903). ^ ' 1- - -

"Vertex triangularly produced, above slightly arched and
greyish-white like the pronotum and scutellum, behind the eyes is
a broad transverse baud running from one eye to the other and
sometimes interrupted in the middle, the anterior border of pro-
notum and the base of scutellum orange-red ; head beneath some-
what long, brownish-yellow, on each side of face three or four
very short suffused transverse lines ; eyes brown ; tegmina ex-
tending in the 6 to tip of abdomen, in $ not covering same,
hyaline dirty yellowish-brown w ith rather paler tender veins and
a not always distinct orange-yellowish longitudinal stripe near the
costal border which is pale translucent ; membrane and apical
border brownish, the short terminal cells usually distinctly white
from a dark ground ; wings smoky-brown ; pectus and abdomen
brown or black, more or less strongly darkly marked ; legs
brownish-yellow, posterior tibiae on the 'inside with black longi-
tudinal stripes." {Melicliar.)

" Length, S 2^ millim., 2 3^ millim."

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {fide MeUchar).

2647. Deltocephalus oneratus, Melich. Hom. Faun. Ceulon, p. 202
(1903). ^

Head and pronotum ochraceous : vertex with two large black
transverse spots on anterior margin divided by a pale central line,
which more narj'owly is continued to base and on basal area is
margined on each side wdth black, a small dark spot before the
eyes which are inwardly margined with very pale ochraceous ;
pronotum with a large prominent black spot on each side, two
central black lines on basal area, and a minute black spot near
middle of anterior margin ; scutellum very pale ochraceous, with
a central longitudinal black spot widened at anterior margin
where it contains two small pale spots ; tegmina didl greyish with
piceous markings, a prominent oblique greyish streak at base,
another near middle, and shadings of a similar colour on apical

384 JASSIDJE.

area, the other markings are better explained by the figure ; apices
of the tibise infuseated, posterior tarsi stramineous, their

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Fig. 241. — Deltocephahis oneraius.

apices black ; vertex subtriangular, about as long as the pro-
notum.

I only know this species by a single carded S type kindly lent
me by Dr. Horvath, and which is here figured.

Length 2| to 3 millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Bandarawella {Mus. Hongrois).

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2648. Deltocephahis montanus, sp. n.

Pale greenish-ochraceous ; vertex with the anterior margin
narrowly black, a black spot at apex, a transverse piceous-brown
fascia medially interrupted between the anterior margins of the
eyes and two small spots of the same colour near base ; eyes
piceous ; pronotum with an irregular transverse series of impressed
piceous-brown spots near anterior margin, scutellum somewhat
paler with two minute dark spots on basal margin ; face beneath
with the basal margin piceous, and with transverse and brown lines
medially longitudinally interrupted, the lateral margins of the
interruption piceous ; clypeus with a transverse piceous line on
each side of basal margin, the central area more or less piceous ;
sternum and basal area of abdomen more or less black ; legs
greenish-ochraceous, posterior tibife with a longitudinal piceous
stripe ; tegmina subhyahne, the veins fuscous, the costal margin
distinctly paler, in the $ not nearly reaching the apex of the
abdominal appendage; vertex subtriangularly pi'oduced, as long as
breadth between eyes, prominently transversely depressed in front
of eyes ; scutellum medially discally transversely impressed ; apex
of abdomen longly extending beyond apices of tegmina.

Length § 2^ to 3 millim.

Hah. Simla Hills ; Matiana {Annandale).

DELTOCEPHALUS. 385

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2649. Deltocephalus erebus, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum shining black ; vertex with an
obhque arcuate yellow spot on each side of apex and some obscure
spots at base, eyes black with their margins ochraceous ; anterior
and posterior margins of pronotum and the lateral margins of
scutellum very narrowly ochraceous ; tegmina shining black, the
costal margin and the apical area dull ochraceous subhyaline, in
the dark area the veins are slightly paler and more brownish-
ochraceous, in the pale areas the veins are distinct and piceous-
brown; face shining black, the anterior margin (broken cen-
trally), a broken discal medial longitudinal line, and lateral
marguial spots ochraceous; clypeus black with an ochraceous
spot on each lateral margin near base, margins of cheeks narrowly
ochraceous ; legs ochraceous, femora (excluding apices), longi-
tudnial streaks to tibiae, spots to tarsi and posterior tibia?, black ;
vertex strongly and broadly transversely impressed between the
anterior margins of the eyes ; pronotum finely transversely
striate, and in some specimens with obscure ochraceous spots
near anterior margin; scutellum deeply arcuately transversely
impressed at middle.

Length 3 millim.

Hah. Simla Hills ; Matiana (Annandale).
_ The distinct coloration and the broad deep transverse impres-
sion to the vertex are characteristics of this species.

2650. Deltocephalus thoracicus, sp. n.

Vertex subtriangular, as long as space between eyes, very pale
ochraceous with a transverse darker suffusion between eyes, two
elongate spots at apex and two rounded spots near base testaceous-
red ; pronotum pale ochraceous with two prominent discal
testaceous-red longitudinal fasciae, in some specimens these fasciae
not only coalesce, but thus assume a transverse fasciate appearance ;
scutellum pale testaceous with a reversed i-shaped discal testaceous-
red mark ; abdomen above piceous, the posterior margin of the
penultimate and apical segments greyish-white, the apical segment
pale brownish ; head beneath ochraceous, face with arcuate
testaceous-red transverse striae, medially longitudinally palely
interrupted; sternum and legs ochraceous, anterior aiid inter-
mediate legs and the posterior tibiae spotted with testaceous-red,
posterior femora streaked with testaceous-red ; tegmina in $
much shorter than abdomen, subhyaline, the veins prominent and
pale greyish, with fuscous-browii macular suffusions between
many of the veins, the most prominent being on the costal area,
some small marginal spots on the apical margin.

Length 2 3 milhm.

Bab. Calcutta (Indian Mhs.).

386 jAssiD^.

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2651. Deltocephalus rufolineatus, Melidi. Kom. Faun. Ceylon,

p. 203 (1903).

"Pale yellowish, shining ; vertex triangularly produced, with
two red longitudinal lines which run parallel to each other from
the margin along the inner borders of the eyes and backwards on
the pronotum ; on pronotum itself is visible a third red line
which runs from the impressed transverse line of the pronotum
to the tip of the scutellum ; tegmina translucent, the veins
delicately whitish, the apical margin of the outer apical cell
bordered with brown ; face, underside and legs pale yellow."
(^Melichar.)

"Length $ 4| millim."

Hah. Ceylon {fide Melichar).

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2652. Deltocephalus infirmus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 203

t. V, f. 11 (190:J).

Pale ochraceous ; vertex with two sometimes united spots at
apex, two larger somewhat transverse spots on disk, and a spot-
like suffusion near each eye dark ochraceous, from between the
discal spots to base a central piceous line ; pronotum with four
dark ochraceous broad longitudinal fasciae ; face with transverse
dark ochraceous lines medially palely longitudinally interrupted,
the basal margin distinctly pale ; body beneath brownish-ochra-
ceous, sometimes more or less piceous, the apex of the abdomen
pale ochraceous ; legs ochraceous ; tegmina subhyaline, the veins
prominent and either ochraceous or greyish-ochraceous, two small
spots on basal area and the discal cellular interspaces more or less
pale piceous-brown ; apical cells more or less distinctly inwardly
margined with pale piceous-brown ; vertex subtriangularly pro-
duced, almost as long as breadth between eyes, transversely,
centrally, discally depressed ; eyes greyish-brown ; scutellum with
a central discal transverse impx'essed line, a dark marginal spot
near each basal angle and with a central broad longitudinal dark
ochraceous fascia ; posterior tibiae with a central longitudinal
piceous line.

Length 3 to 4 millim.

Hah. Simla Hills ; Matiana, Phagu(^nnanfZa?g). Bengal; Pusa
{Lefroy). Ceylon; Peradeniya (&rem).

This species varies somewhat in markings, though the general
characteristics described above remain constant ; in one specimen
there is a distinct dark spot on each side of the pronotum behind
the eyes, in another there is a looped dark line on each side of the
apical margin of vertex. Melichar gives the dimensions as 2^ to
3 millim., but my series of specimens exhibit a greater size.

2653. Deltocephalus porticus, Melich. Hojn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 204,
t. vi, f. 9, a-d (1903).

" A small species of yellow colour ; vertex as long as breadth

DELTOCEPHALUS.

387

between the eyes, anteriorly angulated, in $ v\-ith a truncated tip,
in^ c5" more acutely angular, arched above, yellow, with a black
triangular spot on the disk which is sometimes wanting or very
small; on the transition from vertex to front are placed the
ocelli which are distinctly visible as black spots ; head beneath as
long as breadth between cheek angles ; face arched, without pattern,
a deep black longish spot belovi' antennal cavities, eyes brown ;
antennse inserted in shallow pits, basal joint short, second joint
twice as long, antennal bristle long ; pronotum as long as vertex.

} A.

Fig. 242. — Deltocephalus iwi-ticu^

arched in front, flatly bayed behind, arched above with a bow-like
transverse line near anterior margin ; scutellum yellow like pro-
notum, with a short depressed transverse line in middle ; tegmina
hyaline, translucent, rendered greyish-white by the reflection of the
black dorsum, with very delicate veins, the terminal marginal vein
brownish, marginal appendage present ; wings hyaline with
yellowish-white veins ; pectus and abdomen yellow ; dorsum
black, segmental borders narrowly yellow ; legs yellow, all the
claws dark." {Melichar.)

" Length S 2k millim., § 3-3i niillim."

Mab. Ceylon; Peradeniya, Henaratgoda,Colombo (Jlde Melichar).

2654. Deltocephalus bimaculatus, Meltch. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 204
(1903).

" Vertex as long as breadth between eyes, in front angularly
produced, with two large transverse black spots which are situate
in the neighbourhood of the front high angles and between which
there is a fine shortened longitudinal line ; face somewhat long,
distinctly longer than broad, narrowed to clypeus, unmarked, in
the antennal cavities there is a large black spot partly extending

388 .TASSID^.

to the margin of face ; clypeus half as long as face, perceptibly
narrowed to the apex ; cheeks broad ; " ziigel " semicircular,
enclosed by the cheeks ; face shining saturated yellow ; vertex,
pronotum and scutellum yellow ; pronotum as long as vertex,
anteriorly strongly rounded, posteriorly shallowly concave, the
sides short, the disk weakly arched ; in middle of scutellum a
depressed transverse line ; tegmina longer than the abdomen,
hyaline, dirty -white, with delicate whitish veins ; wings hyaline ;
underside and legs yellow." {Melichar.)

"Length 2 2h millim."

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {fide Meliclinr).

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2655. Deltocephalus intermedius, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon,

p. 205 (1903).

" Head, pronotum and scutellum greenish-yellow ; vertex
obtusely triangularly produced, unmarked ; below the antennal
cavities close to frontal suture is a black longitudinal mark ;
tegmina hyaline, greyish or dirty-white, with delicate white veins ;
wings hyaline ; pectus and abdomen black ; margins of segments
very narrowly yellow ; legs greenish-yellow." ^

^'^ D. intennedms is very similar to'^2). porticus a.nd'^'D. bimacu-
latus. In all three species the black longitudinal mark is present
at the antennal cavities ; m^D. porticus there is on the middle of
vertex a triangular black spot, while on*I>. himacidaUis, which is
smaller than the two other species, there are two transverse black
streaks on the vertex between the front angles of the eyes ; in
x). intermedius the underside, with the exception of the legs, is
black, in 1). j^orticus and'^l). bimaculatus yellow, and only the
dorsum black." (Melichar.)

" Length cJ & $ 2 millim."

Hab. Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Henaratgoda (fide Melicliar).

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2656. Deltocephalus brunnescens, sp. n.

Brownish-ochraceous ; vertex with two transverse linear spots
between the eyes, from between which a dark longitudinal line
extends to base, and a marginal series of four brown spots ;
pronotum (excluding the anterior marginal area) darker brownish,
the anterior marginal area bordered with irregular greyish
posteriorly brown spots ; abdomen above piceous, the segmental
margins and apex brownish-ochraceous ; body beneath and legs
ochraceous; face with brown transverse striae medially interrupted,
the medial interruption longitudinally margined with brown ;
anterior and intermediate legs anuulated with brown ; tegmina
pale ochraceous-brown, the veins prominent, broadly greyish,
margined with darker brown, the apical cells greyish broadly
spotted with pale fuscous ; vertex subconvexly angulate, centrally

DELTOCEPHALUS. 339

about as long as breadth between eyes which are piceous and
usually posteriorly brownish, the vertex distinctly depressed
behind middle.

Length 4 millim.

Hab. Bengal ; Pusa {Lefroy). Bombay Pres. ; Surat (Lefroy).

To be recognized by the pale brownish coloration, the auuulated
anterior and intermediate legs, the markings of the vertex, &c.

2657. Deltocephalus scriptus, sp. u.

Vertex pale ochraceous, a looped brown line on each side of
anterior margin, two transverse linear piceous spots on disk from
which a central piceous line proceeds to base ; pronotum pale
ochraceous with darker shadings, two large black spots on ante-
rior margin between the eyes, two large oblique spots on each
lateral area, at middle of anterior margin a cordate pale space
containing two dark foveate spots ; scutellum pale ochraceous with
a large brownish spot near each basal angle, three small dark spots
before the central transverse impression, t^o behind it, and one
on each of its extremities; tegmina brownish-testaceous much
mottled with greyish-white, particularly on claval suture, and
transversely near base and before apical area, a large elongate
subhyaline spot near middle of costal area, apical area with alfthe
cellular veins greyish-white and a whitish spot in each of the
three inner apical cells ; face with the anterior half pale ochra-
ceous, the posterior area black, the first with the anterior margin
and two small central spots castaneous more or less interrupted
with ochraceous ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous, a large
spot on each cheek, large spots to anterior and intermediate
femora, small spots and apex to posterior iihise and spots to
posterior tarsi black ; abdomen beneath imperfectly seen in typical
specimen, but apparently more or less piceous on lateral margins ;
vertex about as long as broad between eyes, centrally broadly
transversely impressed between anterior margins of eyes, the
impression not reaching the lateral margins; scutellum finely
transversely impressed near middle.

Length 4 millim.

Hab. Ceylon ; Weligama (Fletcher).

2658. Deltocephalus? transparipennis, Motsch. Bull. Soc. Nat.
Mosc. xxxvi, 3, p. 100 (1863); Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceulon,
p. 20^ (1903). '

"Elongate, posteriorly slightly arcuately attenuated, shining,
palely rufous-testaceous ; body underneath and legs paler ; eyes
oblong, granulose, anteriorly white, posteriorly black ; head and
pronotum subfuscous, longitudinally varied ; tegmina, dirty-white
somewhat transparent, anteriorly and laterally subrugulose, veins
interiorly piceous, exteriorly somewhat white ; head transversely

3'JO JASSID.E.

triangular on each side, anteriorly a ferruginous spot ; clypeus
very sligbtly produced, somewhat rounded ; face shining, rufous-
testaceous, subconvex ; eyes convex, posteriorly prominent ; pro-
notum a little narrower than vertex, transverse, arcuate, the
posterior angles rounded ; mesonotum trapezoidal, on each side
banded with ferruginous ; scutellum triangular, shining ; tegmina
a little broader than pronotum, elongate, somewhat dilated medi-
ally, fuliginous, moderately nebulous." (MotschoulsJcy.)

" Length -f 1. ; lat. cap. 4- 1."

Hab, Ceylon ; Newara-Elia (Jlde MotscTiouhhj).

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2659. Deltocephalus ? variegatus, Motsch. Etud. Ent. 1859, p. 112 ;

Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 204 (1903).

" Somewhat near Jassus suhfuscus but narrower ; beneath black
with some white spots on the middle and lateral margins, and four
transverse lines interrupted in the middle of the same colour on the
face ; the dominant colour above is a shining greyish-white, a
little perlaceous and speckled by small piceous spots, these are also
found on all the uervures ; on the face there are fine depressed
punctures and a small medial longitudinal line ; on the pronotum
there are 1-4 yellow spots, and on the scutellum three others of
which the central is enlarged posteriorly without reaching the
apex ; legs greyish-white with the base of the femora black."
{Mo tschou Isky . )

Hab. Ceylon; Nevvara-Elia (^<:?e il/o<sc7iOi(?s/fy).

2660. Deltocephalus elongato-ocellatus, Motsch. Etud. Ent. 1859,

p. 113; Melich. ILoin. Faun. Ceylon, p. 201 (1903).

"Of the form and shape oi^D.'! variegatus, but with the
nervures of the tegmina white and their interspaces margined
with brown, more or less punctured ; the form of the eyes as in
D. ocellaris but much more elongated ; body beneath dirty testa-
ceous-white, with the face faintly browner and transversely
wrinkled by seven white lines medially interrupted, where there is
also visible a longitudinal hue of the same colour; the last
segment of the abdomen exhibits some small black spots and all
its upperside is of the same colour." {Motsclioidshj .)

Hah. Ceylon ; Colombo {fide Melichar).

</ Division CHIASM US ARIA.

In this division the vertex is more or less angularly produced in
front of the eyes, but in length variable, either as long as or
considerably shorter than the breadth between eyes ; the tegmina
are apparently nearly always short and abbreviated.

CHIASMUS. 391

Sijnojysis of Genera.

A. Vertex as long as breadth between eyes;

posterior margins of tegmina rounded Chiasmus, p. 391 . ^

B. Vertex shorter than breadth between eyes ;

posterior margins of tegmina truncate.

a. Vertex about half the length of breadth

between e^yes, as long as pronotum ;

posterior angles of tegmina acute Douatulina, p. 392.

b. Vertex more than half as long as breadth

between eyes, longer than pronotum ;

posterior angles of tegmina rounded .... Kabtwa, p. 394. ■^

^ Genus CHIASMUS.

"Chiasmus, 3Iuls. ^ Hey, Ann. Hoc. Lmn. Lyon, 1855, p. 215 ; Melich.
Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 163 (1903).
6 Atractotypus, Fie'b. Rev. May. Zool. (3) iii, p. 392 (1875) ; Melich
dead. Mitt.-Eur. p. 184 (1896).

O Type, C. translucidus, M. & R., a Paltearctic species.

Distribution. Paloearctie and Oriental Regions.

" This genus is distinguished by the acutely angulated produced
and marginally sharpened vertex ; front with a flattened lono-i-
tudinal furrow at the point ; the tegmina are usually short,
parchment-like, not covering the abdomen, rarely developed, in
which case they are thin." {Melicliar.)

As at present I only know this genus from the Oriental Region
by a species described by Dr. Melichar, I have thought it best to
give his generic diagnosis.

2661. Chiasmus uzelii, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 164, t. iv, f. 7, a
(1903).

" Body brownish-yellow ; vertex triangularly produced, between
eyes as broad as long, pointed at anterior border, flattened above
with a black quadrangular mark at tip in which is a short white
apical dash, behind this two large quadrangular black spots which
are rectangularly margined on the inner side and border, a paler
middle line not projecting behind to the front border of the pro-
notum ; eyes sessile, longly oval, brown ; face as long as the
breadth between the angles of the cheeks, pale yellowish with a
brown ( $ ) to black ((5) transverse band which runs in the
middle of the face from one eye to the other and colours the
antennal cavities black ; antennae pale yellowish ; on the upper
margin of the face are four brown or black marginal spots, of
which the inner ones are approximate on the tip of the face and
commonly coalesce into a blotch ; pronotum half as long as vertex,
very finely transversely stippled, white with two black dots in the
middle near the anterior margin and with several coalescing black

392 jassidye.

dots behind each eye ; scutellum triangular, rusty-brown, with a
fine transverse dark line in the middle, or quite black in d ;
tegmina abruptly shortened, together rather broader than long,
behind separately broadly rounded off, extremely finely trans-
versely wrinkled and Avithout a trace of venation, rusty yellow,
broadly apically margined with white ; abdomen almost twice as
long as tegmina, pointed behind, arched above, rusty-yellow, the
fourth dorsal segment white, the fifth black, the last with two
brown longitudinal dashes, the rusty-yellow anal tube margined

wdth white ; propectus spotted with brown, middle and hind
pectus and abdomen rusty-yellow ; legs pale yellow, the front
femora adorned with indistinct brown dots, posterior tibiae on
inner side with slight brown-coloured longitudinal stripes, bristles
of posterior tibiae pale yellow, claws brown."

" Macropterous form, $. Tegmina perfectly developed, ex-
tending to apex of ovipositor, hyaline, so that the dark colour
of the body shines through, and with delicate whitish veins."
{MelicJiar.) '

" Length d & $ 2| to 2f millim.

Hab. Ceylon; Peradeniya, Colombo, Pattipola (fide Melichar).

I have not seen this species and reproduce Melichar's figure
and description.

^ Genus DOEATULINA.

'^oratulina, Melich. Horn. Fawi. Ceylon, p. 398 (1903).
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Type, B.jocosa, Melich.

distribution. Ce^iou.

" Vertex as lYpDeltoceplialus triangularly produced, its anterior
margin rounded, not cornered ; head beneath hexagonal, face
narrowed to the clypeus ; pronotum shorter than the vertex ;
tegmina leathery, short, straightly truncated behind, veins scarcely
perceptible ; wings absent." ^

" ISimilar in structure to the genus Doratura, but difi"ers from it
in the form of the vertex." (MeUchar.)

BOBATULINA. 393

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2662. Doratulina jOCOSa, Melkh. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 199, t. iv,
I. Dj <tf 0 (1903).

" Body pale yellowish ; head triangularly produced ; vertex as
long as breadth between the eyes, in front rounded to the face
above arched, a short depressed middle line on the back of the
ueck and two round black spots on the disk; head beneath rather
longer than the breadth between the cheek-angles ; face somewhat
long, very slightly narrowed to clypeus which is elongate quad-
rangular, twice as long as broad, rounded off at end • ' ziieel '
semicircular, on middle of 'ziigelnaht' a small black' spot, on
cheeks below antennal cavities a large black spot; pronotum one-
tourth shorter than vertex, in front bow-shaped, rounded behind
nearly straight, on disk arched, on posterior half very finely
transversely streaked, in front with an indistinct impression •
scutellum short, triangular, with a short depressed transverse line •
tegmma short, only covering abdomen at base, posteriorly straightly

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Fig. 244. — Doratulina jocosa .

truncate with rounded-oft' angles, finely transversely wrinkled
pale yellow, the longitudinal veins to apical margin simple pale
brown, no terminal cells ; abdomen conical, pale yellow with five
pale brown longitudinal stripes ; legs pale yellow, all' the tibi»
adorned with pale brown longitudinal stripes and at apex of
posterior femora and actually on the inner and lower side of
same a black spot, posterior tibiae set with pale yellow bristles "
{Mehcliar.)

"Length, cJ 2millim., $ 2^ millim."

//rt6 Ceylon; Henaratgoda, Colombo {fide Melichar), Pera-
deniya {Green).

2iy

394

Genus KARTWA, nov.

^ Type, K. mmtelina, Dist.

Bistrihution. Bengal.

Vertex broadly angulate, nearly twice as broad as long, the disk
a little foveately depressed, the margins reflexed ; pronotum
transverse, broad, shorter than vertex ; scutellum rather small,
subtriangular, the lateral margins a little sinuate ; tegmina
abbreviated, about reaching base of abdomen, their posterior
margins truncate, lateral margins nearly straight, posterior angles
obtusely rounded ; face longer than broad, basal margin angulate,
about twice as long as clypeus, which is broad and somewhat
truncate at apex ; tibiae finely spinulose.

2663. Kartwa mustelina, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum and tegmina pale tawny-brown ; abdomen
above testaceous-brown, minutely spotted with ochraceous, beneath
black with the connexivum ochraceous ; head beneath, sternum and
legs pale tawny-brown or dull ochraceous ; vertex subtriangularly
rounded, transversely depressed between eyes, a little upwardly

Fig. 245. — Kartwa mustelina.

reflexed towards apex, a piceous spot at apex (sometimes medially
interrupted), a minute piceous spot on each lateral margin near
antennae, between which there is an arcuate dark fascia ; eyes
piceous-blaek ; pronotum much shorter than vertex, transverse,
arched, a dark spot on each lateral margin behind eyes ; scutellum
subtriangular, smooth, with two small dark discal spots ; tegmina
short, just covering base of abdomen, their apical margins truncate ;
face concolorous, the antennal cavities piceous-browu, two small
piceous spots at anterior margin and the small lateral marginal
piceous spots above visible beneath.

Length 2| millim.

Hah. Calcutta {Ind. Mus.).

PARALIMNUS. 39c

^^

Division PARALUINUSARIA.

Vertex somewhat subacutely produced in front of eves about
or nearly twice as broad between eyes as longT ocX ^n the
anterior margin very near the eyes. "

I include two genera in this division.

Siinopsis of Genera.

A. Face broad, its margins sinuate before eves •

cheeks not foveate behind evpq "d -r. ^^ ''

B. FaceWandnarrow^irma^JKsnotsinuat;-- ^^^'^^^^^^^^^ P- 39.5. ^

cheeks strongly foveate on each side behind

^^^^ Alitubus, p. 398. ^

Genus PARALIMNUS.

«^ Par^imnus, Matsum. Term^sz. Fiizetek, xxv, p. 386 (1902).
"^JV^^P- Mlaciosus, Matsum., from the Japanese Islands
laskn E^ions. "" ^^^^^^^^^^^ Oriental, Malayan and Austra-

Vertex somewhat subacutely produced in front of eyes, about
twice as broad as long, ocelli on the anterior margin ve^ near
eyes, an anterior submarginal and a central longitudinal S
hue ; face longer than broad, sinuate near eyes, the base subacutely
vZ'^ d1''.'^"' -long a, clypeus; pronotumlougei ban
vertex, deflected on each side, arcuately transversely impressed
before anterior margin, anterior margin produced between eyes
err ^"f^^ ^^'"^f concavely sinuate; scutellum broad
basal broader than length of either lateral margin, transversely
impressed before apex ; legs moderate, tibi^ strSng y spiuulose^
tegmma onger than the abdomen, four apical cells, th?ee ante-
apical cells, a transverse vein on disk

Matsumura describes the apical cells of the tegmina as three in
number, according to my view they are four, a difference pre
rrardeV""''"^ ^'^^ '"" ''^"'^ *^''" '^^^' ""'' individually

^ o

2664. Paralimims lateralis, Walk. (Bythoscopus) J-.ZeVm. 8oc., Zool.
1, p. 1 /d (io.:j/ j. '

""^^^l^Qm!""-^ ^i^-og^tt^^l^tus, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 184
(1903) ; ul. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. 302 (1905).

The following is Melichar's description of his^. alboguttuhtus,
which clearly appears to apply to W?i\\iev' Hater cdis
K V ^'''^r.^''''''''il ^'*^^^ shining; vertex in middle as long as
behind, between the eyes broad, in front angularly produced
above arched the disk somewhat obliquely bent with a middle line
running to the tip, on border a transverse line running from one
eye to the other pale yellowish-white margined above and below
by a black hne,'close to it a similar narrow arched transverse line

396 JASSIDyt.

likewise mar2;ined below with black, while below the first mentioned
fine a pale narrow stripe is visible on the face ; face longer than
the breadth between the angles of the cheeks, narrowed to clypeus,
at the end of the facial suture are the ocelli near the inner margins
of eyes, cheek angles rounded off ; clypeus twice as long as broad,
spatulate ; the whole head beneath uuicolorous, rusty-brown ;
antennae bright yellow, antennal bristles dark, inner margins of
eyes roundly concave at antennal pits ; prouotum one-quarter
longer than vertex, arched at anterior margin, flatly bayed at

Ficr. 246. — Paralmnus lateralis.

posterior margin, above arched, near front margin a slight bow-
shaped transverse line on which are two small yellow spots on
each side ; scutellum rusty -brown, on each side three pale spots
representing the angles of the triangle, in basal angle rusty-brown
and therefore somewhat indistinguishable ; tegmiua rather long,
passing tip of abdomen, rusty-brown, rather more shining than
the vertex and pronotum, with similarly coloured not strongly
prominent veins, upper surface set with white hyaline round spots
which run in regular order and lie between the veins, in clavus
three spots at terminal border between ends of veins, a fourth
spot in sutural cell near base, on corium the spots are more
quadrangular and are so arranged as to lie opposite to each other
in angles of cells, at costal border behind middle is a larger hyaline
not sharply defined spot in which the brown veins are distinctly
prominent, at ends of two outer spots are found at each a pitchy-
brown spot darker outside, the apical border itself pale yellowish-
white ; wings weakly smoky-brown, with dark veins ; pectus and
abdomen rusty-brown, ventral segments narrowly bordered with
pale yellowish-white, outer border of connexivum more broadly
bordered, sometimes reddish ; legs rusty -yellow, posterior tibiae

PAUALIMNUS. 397

dark with brown bristles at corners, posterior tarsi black or dark
piceous-brown, only base of first joint and the third joint white ;
claws yellow." (Melichar.)

Length inch tegm., c? & $ 5 to 6 millim.

Hah. Bombay ; Surat (Lefroy). Bengal ; Pusa, Jamalpur
(Lefroij). Ceylon; Peradeniya, Maskeliya (Green). — Borneo;
Sarawak ( Wallace, Brit. Mus.). East Africa (Jide Melichar).

O

2665. Paralimnus albomaculatus, sp. n.

Vertex dull brownish-testaceous, apical margin black anteriorly
and posteriorly narrowly bordered with white ; pronotum and
scutellum fuscous-brown, the first with some obscure whitish
spots near anterior margin, scutellum with a piceous spot at each
basal angle ; body beneath and legs pale dull ochraceous ; head be-
neath and apical area of abdomen fuscous-brown, posterior tibiae and
tarsi black, the last with the base and apex dull ochraceous ; tegmina
fuscous-brown with a bronzy tint, a large slaty -grey elongate spot
about middle of costal area, two large greyish- wdiite cellular spots
margined with piceous near apex of costal area, a number of small
rounded greyish-white spots of which the principal are three on
claval suture, one before middle of inner claval boundary, two
above and at each end of the slaty -grey spot, and a cluster of four
or five before the apical area, the last paler with its margin broadly
piceous ; basal margin of face black posteriorly narrowly bordered
with yellowish-white ; eyes narrowly margined with pale yellowish ;
vertex almost twice as broad as long.

Length 5 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Madulsima ((Srecn).

O
2666. Paralimnus? umbratus, MeUch. (Thamuotettix) Horn. Faun.
Ceylon, p. 185 (1903).

"Form and size similar to P. lateralis, but body narrower, the
whole surface unicolorous, rusty -brown, strongly shining ; vertex
just as in*T. lateralis, but instead of the pale transverse line on
the margin of the vertex, there is a pale longitudinal spot at tip
of vertex and on each side of it at border of same, two pale
transverse spots ; on the disk itself are two pale longitudinal
streaks in middle of nape : face pale rusty-brown, unicolorous,
on each side a row of short brown transverse lines ; pronotum
and scutellum without markings ; tegmina unicolorous, shining,
the veins very delicate almost colourless, the membrane slightly
yellowish, translucent ; wings slightly clouded, with dark veins 5
pectus, abdomen and legs yellowish." {Melichar.)

" Length $ 5 millim.*'

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {fide Melichar).

I do not know this species.

398

(9

Genus ALITURUS, nov.

Type, A. gardmeri, Dist.

Distribution. Laccadive Arc-hipelago.

Vertex broad, depressed, angularly rounded in front, foveately
impressed on each side between eyes* which are large and obliquely
cover the anterior angles of the pronotum ; ocelli indistnact, near
anterior margin and near eyes ; face globose, strongly narrowed to
clypeus, which is slender and a little more than half the length of
face, cheeks rounded; pronotum transverse, longer than vertex,
lateral margins nearly straight, anterior margin convex, posterior
margin subtruncate; scutellum broad, subtriangular, lateral margins
shorter than breadth of basal margin, transversely impressed near
middle ; legs somewhat slender, posterior tibigj longly spinulose ;
tegmina opaque, longer than abdomen, veins imperfectly visible.

This genus is founded on a single specimen collected by
Mr. Gardiner on the Laccadive Archipelago. As this fauna is
evidently composed of migrants, principally from British India,
we may expect to receive other specimens from the western area
of that peninsula.

O
2667. Aliturus gardineri, si^. n.

Above glossy-black ; tegmina with a white spot in each claval
area near apex, the apical area with a number of white spots of
different shapes and sizes ; body beneath black ; legs pale strami^
neous; clypeus centrally stramineous; vertex very finely |and

Fig. 247. — AH funis gardineri.

indistinctly wrinkled, a distinct foveation on each side between
eyes ; pronotum very finely transversely striate ; scutellum indis-
tinctly transversely striate before the central incised impression ;
cheeks deeply foveate on each side behind eyes.

Length 3 millim.

Hah. Laccadive Archipelago : Minikoi {Gardiner).

TYPHLOCYBIN.'E.

^Subfamily VI. TYPHLOCYBINiE.

<^ Typhlocybidse, Kirsdi. Cicad. v. Wiesbd. p. 16 (1868).
D Typhlocybides, Sahib. Cicad. p. G9 (1871).
J Typhlocybaj, Fieb. Rev. Mag. Zool. (3) iii, p. 405 (1875).
D Typhlocybini, Puton, Cat. Hem. Pal. p. 86 (1886) ; Woodtv. Psyche,

V, p. 211 (1890).
^ Typhlocybina, Van Duzee, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 298 (1892) ;

Oshan. Verz. Pal. Hem. ii, Homopt. i, p. 187 (1906).
'-Typhlocybiuse, Gillette, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. xx, p. 710 (1898).

0 Eupteryginse, Kirk. Pep. Exp. Stat. Haic. Plant. Assoc, pt. ix, p. 356

(1906). ^

The Typhlocybinse are readily separated from all the other
subfamilies of the Jassidse by the four longitudinal veins or
sectors of the tegmina which run to the transverse veins defining
the apical cells without branching, so that there are no anteapical
cells, and also by the absence of supernumerary cells in the wings
{Gillette). Tegmina usually without appendix! Notwithstanding
these clear characteristics there is still diversity of opinion as to
the position of some genera in this subfamily. Thus Kirkaldy,
in 1900, founded his genus Nirvana which he stated " may be
placed provisionally near the American genus Spanhergiella, Sign.,
a genus undoubtedly aUied to HecaJus and placed in the Jassinse
(AcocepJialides, Puton)." MeHchar and myself (a^ite, p. 281) have
followed this direction of its founder in the placing of Nirvana.
But Kirkaldy has recently altered his opinion (Eep. Exp. Stat,
Haw. Plant. Assoc, Bull, iii, p. 68 (1907)), and has now stated
that " it is very likely to be an Eupterygine genus," or in other
words to belong to the Typhlocybinse.

In giving synopses of the genera I am confining myself to
those here enumerated. As Edwards remarks, and in agreement
with other writers, " the genera are readily separable by the
characters derived from the venation of the elytra and wings,"
but with scanty material the wing venation cannot always be
exposed.

O

Division EMPOASCABIA.

Sectors of posterior wings ending in a marginal vein.

1 have included Homa in this division, but have very imperfectly
seen the wnng venation in the unique typical specimen.

400 JASSIDJ;.

Si/H02:>sis of Genera.

A. Pronotum shorter than vertex Homa, p. 400. ^

B. Pronotum as long or considerably longer than

vertex.

a. Face open or not closed above Empoasca, p. 401. O

b. Face closed above, the frontal sutures con-

nected below by an acute angle, or bow-
shaped with one another HEyoNA, p. 407. O

O

Genus HOMA, nov.

Type, H. insigiiis, Dist.

Distribution. Ceylon.

Vertex subquadrate, longer than breadth between eyes at base,
rounded but very slightly produced in front of eyes, which are
almost as long as the vertex and do not project over the anterior
angles of the pronotum ; face long, broad, narrowing to clypeus
which is short and broad ; pronotum shorter than vertex, trans-
verse, a little rounded in front, the lateral margins nearly straight ;
scutellum broad, subtriangular ; legs slender, posterior tibiae
strongly spinulose and shghtly curved ; tegraina long, much
longer than abdomen, apical cells three, large, and subequal in
length,

0
2668. Homa insignis, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum scarlet-red ; vertex at inner
margins of eyes narrowly greyish-red ; face and clypeus red, apical

Fig. 248. — Homa insignis.

margin of the latter pale yellowish ; sternum and legs stramineous ;
abdomen beneath more or less pale scarlet-red, its apical area

EMPOASCA. 401

strainineoiis ; tegmiiia hyaline with a faint yellowish tint, claval
area (excluding base and extreme apex), basal costal margin, and
a transverse fascia beyond middle scarlet-red, immediately behind
the transverse fascia is a small piceous-red costal spot, apical area
very slightly infuscate ; vertex a little longer than the breadth
between eyes at base, evenly trans\erselv rounded in front of eyes.

Length 4 millim.

Hab. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Oreen).

<0
Genus EMPOASCA.

Empoasca, Wah/i, Proc. Bod. Sor. Nat. Hist, ix, p. 316 (1864) ;

Jan Duzee, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xxi, p. 309 (1894) ; Melich. Horn.

Faun Ceylon, p. 212 (1903) ; Oshan. Verz. Pal. Hem. ii, Homopt.

n, p. 197 (1907). ^

^ Chloroneura, Walsh, Proc. Post. Soc. Nat. Hist, ix, p. 316 (1864) •

Woodw. Psyche, \, p. 212 (1889).
^ Chloria, Fieh. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 608, t. vii, f. 25
^ Kybos, Fieb. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 508, t. vii, f. 26
«»Clilorita. Fieb. Rev. Mag. Zool. (3) iii, 1875, p. 414 : Oshan. Verz.

Pal. Hem. li, Homopt. ii, p. 194 (1907).

^ ^'n oAi'^' ^'"''^' -^''P*- -^^P- ^^'^*- ^^^"- ^^"'^*- -^*««^- P'^- i^. P- 357
(1906).

a

Type, E. viridescens, Walsh, a Nearctic species.

Distribution. Probably almost universallv distributed.

The original description by Walsh (siqjra) is a combined generic
and specific one. As I have recorded many of Melichar's species
I give his impression of the genus.

Tegmina with two terminal veins of which the inner one is
simple and the outer one forked and forming a short triangular
cell ; in the wings the two front sectors are joined into a fork,
the stalk of which runs into the peripheral vein, the appendage is
absent, the third simple sector connected with the inner forked
branch by a transverse vein." {Meliclmr.)

Much diiFerence of view is evinced by various workers as regards
this genus. Oshanin, and doubtless with good reason, kee^^'Chhrita
separate ivom Empoasca with which he includes^AyJos. Van Duzee
usesA.^ios as distinct with which he includes' CAZor /to ; Puton and
Edwards regard both 'Xybos and '■'Chlorita as distinct o-enera •
Gillette includes both 'CJilorita and ' Ei/bos with 'Enpoasca.
bahlberg (Not. Faun. Flor. Penn. Porh. (2) ix, p. 158 (1871))
^laces^picadula in the Typhlocybin^, substituting it for Pieber's
genus Kybos. Woodworth (Psyche, v, p. 76 (1888)) and Van Duzee
(torn. nt. VI, p. 305, (1902)) condemn this as an unwarranted
procedmg, but Kirkaldy, an inconoclast in nomenclature, writes
"Cicaf^fZa, therefore, as Sahlberg states, replaces 'AySo^, Pieb."
(Pep. Exp. Stat. Haw. Plant. Assoc, pt. ix, p. 357 (1906)). Under
these difficulties I have followed the synthetic method, for n.y
material is scanty.

402 jassidtE.

o

2669. Empoasca rufa, Melich. Horn. Fmm. Ceylon, p. 212, t. vi, f. 2,
a, b (1903).

" Somewhat long, elongated ; scarlet-red ; vertex a little longer
than the breadth between eyes, not angularly produced in front,
nearly rounded, arched above, with a zigzag x^ale transverse band
medially interrupted, which is broad at inner margins of the eyes
and pointed inwards ; face somewhat long, narrow, and like
antennae of a pale red colour ; eyes greyish-brown ; pronotum one
and a half times as long as vertex, in front behind ilatly bayed,
and like scutellum pale red ; tegmina somewhat long, the sides
parallel, rounded off posteriorly, hyaline with delicate veins, pale
red, the apical area hyaline, transparent, faintly coloured with
yellowish ; on costal margin a somewhat long opaque white oval
spot ; wings hyaline, vitreous, with red veins ; body beneath and
legs red ; tibiae more yellowish, claws dark." (Melichar.)

Length 4 to 44- mm.

Hab. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green). Tenasserim ; Myitta
(DoTierty).

My specimens agree well A^dth Melichar's description save in
possessing " the long opaque white oval spot on costal margin."
In one example such a spot is clearly indicated, but it is more very
pale reddish than white.

O
2670. Empoasca centromaculata, 3IeMch. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 213,
t. vi, f. 7, a, d (1903).

" Pale yello^^-ish ; vertex twice as broad as long, in front broadly
rounded, not produced, rounded to the front, above arched with a
depressed middle line in nape ; eyes large, sessile, brown to black,
in dried specimens greyish-brown and only the front and hind
angles deep black ; face somewhat long, twice as long as broad,
with two series of short yellowish transverse streaks and two
indistinct spots on apex ; clypeus broad at base, narrowed to apex,
which projects beyond tips of cheeks, ' ziigel ' longish, narrow,
also the cheeks ; pronotum one and a half times as long as vertex,
yellowish, the posterior margin whitish, or the whole pronotum
whitish, near anterior margin a protuberance running parallel with
same, on central disk a large black spot from which a fine brown
line runs right and left towards the sides, sometimes also a similar
very short line extends to\\ards the anterior margin ; scutellum
triangular, yellowish, with a narrow rusty-yellow triangle in basal
angles and a medial transverse impressed line ; tegmina hyaline,
dirty-yellow, longer than the abdomen, costal and terminal
marginal veins dark brown, three terminal cells, the outer one
triangular, the sectors indistinct, no veins in clavus but only a few
impressed points ; wings hyaline, suffused with milky-white, veins
brown, first sector the thickest and fused with second before apex

EMPOASCA. 4Q3

to a forked vein and connected with tliird sector by a transverse
vem ; sternum, abdomen and legs yellowish ; all the claws brown."
{Mehcliar.)

" Length S 3 millim.

Hob. Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Colombo (fide Melicliar).

1 have not seen this species.

O
2671. Empoasca citrina, Melich. Hom. Faun. Ceylon, p. 21.3, t. vi,

" Vertex acutely angularly produced, as long as broad between
eyes, arched, lemon-yellow ; face flatly directed do\^-nward yellow
unmarked ; pronotum as long as vertex, nearly semicircular, with
the posterior angles rounded ofP, arched, smooth, shining, lemon-
yellow ; scutellum lemon-yellow, with two short longitudinal white
streaks at base ; tegmina delicate, hyaline, lemon-yellow, with
delicate pale yellow veins, on costal margin, behind middle, there
IS a brown or black oblique marginal streak which runs obliquelv
inward and hindward to tip of clavus and forms some zigzags in
middle ot tegmen and nearly disappears, behind is an arched black
line forming a semicircle, bordering a milky-white spot, a black
spot on inner apical vein ; Avings vitreous, iridescent ; body beneath
and legs lemon-yellow." (Melichar.)

" Length d & $ 3 to 3-1 millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Colombo {fide Melichar).

O
2672. Empoasca miniata, Melkh. Hom. Faun. Ceylon, p. 214 (1903).
" Small delicate species of a pale yellowish colour with a broad
pale cinnabar-red longitudinal stripe on each tegmen ; vertex rather
shorter than breadth between eyes, in front obtusely angulated
arched above ; _ face somewhat long, pale reddish-yellow, unSarked •
pronotum a little longer than vertex, semicircular, pale yellow'
slightly reddish at sides ; scutellum yellowish ; tegmina milk-white'
dehcate, hyahne, with distinct white veins and with the above
mentioned red longitudinal stripe which extends from base of
clayus to tip of tegmen and there becomes brown; wings milk-
white with delicate white veins ; body beneath and legs pale
yellowish or sLghtly reddish ; borders of connexivum slightly
reddish." {Mehchar.) ^ ^

" Length 5 3 millim."

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {fide Melichar).

I have not seen this species.

0
2673. Empoasca melichari, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum yellowish-white, both vertex and
pronotum with two sublateral orange-yellow longitudinal fascia,

404- JASSID.E.

body beneath and legs pale greyish-yellow ; tegmina subhyaline,
yellowish-white, with two orange-yellow longitudinal fasciae, the
first occup3'ing the larger part of claval area, the second on disk

Fig. 249. — Empoasca melichari.

above claval area, near apex of clavus a black spot ; wings pale
hyaline ; vertex shorter than breadth between eyes, subangularly
rounded in front ; pronotum slightly longer than vertex ; face
unmarked ; eyes black, their inner margins pale.

Length 3 millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Dikoya {GreeM).
c
2674. Empoasca notata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 214 (1903).

Fig. 250. — Empoasca notata..

" Narrow, greyish-yellow or pale yellow ; eyes black ; vertex
obtusely angidarly produced, with a white middle line in the neck

EMPOASCA. 405

and two oblique transverse spots on the disk ; pronotum with
several large and small wliite spots \\hich run together in places
at front margin; scutellum with two white longitudinal stripes
which are partly covered by the pronotum and a small transverse
spot behind the depressed transverse line, lateral margins irregu-
larly bordered with whitish ; tegmina vitreous with very delicate
greyish or yellowish veins, the membrane slightly fuliginous ;
wings hyaline; body beneath and legs pale yellow or greyish-
yellow. Eesembles E. (Ohlorita) Jlavescens, Fabr." {Melichar.)

"Length $ 2| millim."

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya, Kala-Wewa {fide Melichar).

Dr. Horvath, of Budapest, has kindly enabled me to figure this
species.

luipucioua iiavtoi/tixo, ruur. \\j'lCK(X&) JOjIIZ, Ol/St. lV;i_p. 4t», «t>

(1794) ; id. Si/st. Rhyng. p. 79, 85 (1803) ; Melich. ^Chlorita)
Cicad. Mitt.-Europ. p. 326, t. xii, ff. 19-21 (18961; Gillette,
Proc. U.S. Nat Mus. xx, p. 745 (1898) ; Melich. TT]mpoasca)
Horn. Faun. Ceylon, v. 215 (1903) ; id. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxiv,
p. 304 (1905) ; A«'Z;.TCicaduIa) Rei). Exp. Stat. Haiu. Plant.
Q Assoc, pt. ix, p. 357 (1906).
Var. birdii, Goding, Ent. Netvs, i, p. 123 (1890).

Pale virescent or flavescent, body beneath paler ; vertex shorter
than breadth between eyes, rounded iu front ; tegmina shining ;
wings hyaline iridescent ; face usually pale greenish, its anterior
margin flavescent and with a central longitudinal carinate line ;
the lateral areas finely transversely striate; tarsi and apices of
tibiae frequently of a dark bluish -grey ; tegmina of a shining
flavescent or pale viridescent hue.

Length 3 millim.

Hah. Assam, Darjiling, Cachar. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green). —
East Africa (fide Melichar), Brazil (fide Lethierry). Palaearctic
Eegion, including Algei'ia and Siberia (j^c^e Lethierri/), fairly common
on the European Continent and found iu Britain ; common and
widespread in the United States (fide Gillette).

Vol. iii. of * Indian Museum Notes ' contains several interesting
records concerning this now well-known tea-pest. In no. iv,
p. 34, we read that " a large amount of damage from this insect
was reported in 1891 from tea-gardens, especially in Cachar and
iu the Upper Assam Valley." In the latter district the insect is
said to have appeared in the early part of the season and to have
lasted on until June. According to a report dated 19th June,
1891, from a garden in Cachar, the insect stops the growth of
the young shoots and prevents their ever becoming fit for plucking.
The effect of the pest was said to be deplorable. Over whole
sections of the tea-garden the plants were covered with leaf about
an inch in length, which never grew any bigger ; and one case is

406 JASSID^X.

cited where 199k acres had been plucked, and had given considerably-
less leaf than liad often been obtained from a patch of seventeen
acres. The only ti-eatment that was tried was extra hoeing in the
hope of bringing vigour to the bushes.

Experiments made with several insecticides with the hope of
destroying the pest are detailed by Mr. M. K. Bamber in his
' Chemistry and Agriculture of Tea' pp. 250-1.

Gillette states that the only difference he can find in specimens
taken in Colorado from those received from the eastern portions
of the United States and from Europe is that they are all of a rather
deep green colour, instead of yellow or greenish-yellow. The
above description is taken from Ceylonese specimens.

2676. Empoasca petasata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 215
(1903).

" Somewhat long, yellow or greenish-yellow, shining ; vertex
rounded in front, with two small black spots on the passage from
the vertex to the front ; face somewhat long with faint, indistinct

Fig. 251. — E/upoasca 2}etamta.

transverse streaks; pronotum and scutellum unicolorous, unmarked ;
tegmina vitreous, hyaline, dirty or greyish-yellow, sometimes the
broader vein aud the delicate veins more strongly green ; wings
vitreous, veins greenish-yellow ; sometimes the legs darker green."
{Melichar.)

" Length cJ & $ 4 millim."

Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya {fide Melichar), Kandy (Mus.
Hongrois).

A specimen in the Budapest Museum is here figured.

407

Genus HELIONA.
•^Heliona, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 215 (1903).

Type," H. constricta, Melich.

Distribution. Ceylou. ^

*' This genus is distinguished from Empoasca, with which it is
very closely allied, by the long narrow face which is not open
above as in^mpoasca but closed, because the frontal sutures are
connected below by an acute angle, or bow-shaped with one another ;
otherwise as in^nj^oasca." (Melichar.)

2677. Heliona constricta, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 215, t. vi,
f. 5, a, b (1903).

" Body somewhat long, elongated, dirty-yellowish, vertex distinctly
longer than the breadth between the ej^es at base, and therefore
narrower than between the front corners of the eyes, the anterior

Fig. 252.- 'Heliona constricta.

margin suddenly produced into a short obtuse point on which are
two black longitudinal spots ; face somewhat long, narrow, the
sutures which in the lower part begin from the antennal cavities to
clypeus are black connected together at the tips of vertex beneath
with a sharp angle, the facial disk a little arched, with short in-
distinct transverse streaks ; rostrum and clypeus short ; pronotum
rather longer than the vertex, greenish-yellow; scutellum rusty-
yellowish with a short transverse medial line ; tegmina somewhat
long, narrow, hyaline, transparent, of a dirty-yellowish colour,
with very dehcate veins only perceptibly yellowish on the apical
area ; wings hyaline, vitreous, with yellowish veins ; sternum and

408 JASSIDiE.

abdomen beneath yellow, dorsum black, legs pale yellow, all tlie
claws black." (Melichar.)

" Lengtli 5 4 millim."

Hab. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (fide Melichar).

I have not seen this species, and reproduce Melichav's de-
scription and figure.

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2678. Heliona 'biocillata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceyloji, p. 216, t. vi, f. 8
(1903).

" Differs from the preceding species by the shorter and broader
form of body ; vertex considerably shorter, scarcely half as long as
breadth between eyes, rounded in front, not produced, with t\AO
large black spots suri-ounded by a pale area, between the two spots
a fine longitudinal line extending from posterior margin to middle
of face ; face somewhat long but still considerably shorter than in
constricta, the facial sutures beneath the tip of vertex connected
together and bow-shaped, intersected by the before mentioned
middle line and provided with two small black dots, on facial disk
are indistinct series of transverse streaks, in middle of lower part
a short pale longitudinal line; clypeus short, barrel-shaped; eyes
black ; pronotum greyish-brown, yellowish on anterior margin ;
scutellum yellowish, at base indistinctly greyish-brown, two black
marginal spots at apex ; tegmina dirty-yellow, hyaline, vt-ith very
delicate and scarcely visible veins ; wings milky-white, grejdsh,
with delicate brown veins ; body beneath and legs dirty-yellowish,
all the claws dark brown." {Melichar.)

" Length S 3 millim."

Eah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {fide Melichar).

I have not yet had an opportunity of seeing this species, but
from Melichar's description and figure it can scarcely be considered
as congeneric with^^eliona constricta. Before the Appendix is
completed we may have received examples.

Division TYPHLOCYBARIA.

Sectors of posterior wings ending in wing margin, no marginal
vein. {Gillette.)

Synopsis of Genera.

The difficulties in separating the two following genera on wing
venation only, especially Mith scanty material, will be found
considerable, but at present I cannot do better than follow G-illette.

A. Sectors 1-2 of winps uniting-, so that only

three veins extend to the margin Typhlocyea, p. 409. ^

B. All four sectors of wings extending to the

wide margin ErPTERYx, p. 415. '^

TTPHLOCTUA.

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Geuus TYPHLOCYBA.

•^Typhlocyba, Germ. Silb. Rev. Ent. i. p. 180 (1833) ; Fieb. Rev. Mag.
Zool. (3) iii, p. 415, 1875 ; Edtc. Tr. E. S. p. 94, 1888 ;\Van Duz.
Tr. Am. Ent. Soc xxi,p. 311 (1894) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Cei/lon,
p. -216 (1903) ; Oshan. Verz. Pal. Hem. ii, Horn, ii, p. 208 (1907).

0 Erythroneura, Fitch, Horn. N.Y. State Cab. p. 62 (1851).

O Empoa, Fitch, torn. cit. p. 63.

0 Anomia, Fieh. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien,xvi,^. 509 (1866).

Type, T. quercia, Fabr., a Palsearctic species.

Distribtitmi. Probably almost universally distributed.

" In the tegmina two simple apical veins, the two front sectors
connected before the end into a fork, the stalk of which runs
into the border of the tip of the tegmen, second sector just before
its fork with the third simple sector and with the peripheral vein
running into the border of the tegmen, connected by a rectangular
or acute-angular (oblique) transverse vein." {Meliclmr.)

2679. Typhlocyba orbata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Cei/lon, p. 216
(1903).

Vertex pale yellowish, eyes piceous-brown ; pronotum greyish.

Fig. 253.~T/_/pIiloc>/ba urhata.

the anterior marginal area pale yellowish; scutellum very pale
ochraceous, a large black spot near each basal angle ; body beneath

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410 JASSID^.

and legs very pale ochraceous ; a piceous spot on each side of
sternum behind the anterior coxse ; tegmina pale greyish subhyaline,
the basal and claval areas more or less granulose ; vertex moderately
convex, near eyes a little suffused with ochraceous ; face elongate,
unicolorous, a little convex ; scutellum basally depressed where
there are four longitudinal carinate lines, the apical marginal area
transversely arcuately raised ; the granulations on the basal area
of the tegmina do not reach the apical area of the clavus nor
extend to the costal margin ; the pronotum is finely irregularly
transversely striate.

Length J & 5 5 to 5^ millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Pattipola {Mus. Hongrois).

I am indebted to Dr. Horvath of Budapest for the opportunity
of figuring this species.

2680. Typhlocyba erota, sp. n.

Vertex and pronotum greyish ; eyes black ; scutellum pale lemon-
yellow with three large black spots, one at each basal angle and
the other at apex ; body beneath and legs pale yellowish-grey,
abdomen beneath black, the anal segment yellowish ; tegmina
hyaline with a slightly bluish tint, the basal and claval areas
gi'anulose ; vertex considerably shorter than breadth between eyes,
rounded in front ; face with an indistinct pale central longitudinal
line ; pronotum elongate, twice the length of vertex.

Length $51 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Pattipola ((xreen).

Allied WT. orbata, from which it differs by the more elongate
pronotum, the black apex to the scutellum, the black abdomen
beneath. &c.

2681. Typhlocyba fumigata, Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 217
(1903).

" Very like T. funeta, but considerably smaller ; head quite
black, at the passage of vertex to front two small oblique
yellowish transverse dots converging to the middle line, sometimes
the posterior margin of vertex is yellowish or dirty-yellow, or
reddish-yellow, which colour extends along the inner margins of
the eyes to the sides of the face and cheeks, whereas the disk of
the face and the clypeus (including rostrum) is black ; antennae
yellowish ; pronotum black, anterior margin paler with several
indistinct dots ; scutellum dirty-yellowish with two black tri-
angles; tegmina and wings smoky-brown with delicate piceous-
brown veins, an opaque somewhat long spot on costal margin of

TYPHLOCTBA. 411

teginiua; body beneath black; legs dirty-yellow, cLws dark."
(Jlelichar.)

" Length d & 2 ^i millim."

flab. Ceylon ; Pattlpola (fide Melichar).

I have not seen this species.

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2682. Typhlocyba funeta, Melich. Ilom. Faun. Ceylon, p. 217 t vi
f. 10, « (1903). ^ ' ^ ' '

Vertex pale yellowish ; pronotum slaty-grey, the anterior
margin narrowly yellowish ; scutellum pale yellow, with "a large
black spot near each basal angle ; sternum and legs very pale
ochraceous, the face (excluding lateral margins) darker and dull
greyish ; clypeus piceous, the margins yellowish ; a piceous spot on
each side of sternum behind the anterior coxaj-; abdomen beneath
piceous, the segmental margins pale yellowish : tegmina very pale
fuliginous, the subbasal costal cell slaty-grey, apical area very pale

T/jphlocyba funeta.

fuliginous; vertex centrally sufPused with ochraceous; face
slightly convex the pale margins strongly defined; pronotum
very obscurely finely grauulose ; scutellum strongly transversely
impressed before apical area and between this impression and base
a dark longitudinal line.

Length c? & $ 4 millim.

Hab. Ceylon ; Pattipola {Mus. Hongrois).

The specimen here figured was kindly lent me for that purpose
by Dr. Horvath of Budapest. purpose

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412 JASSID.I.

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2633. Typhlocyba fumosa, Motsch. (Thamnotettix) Bull. Soc. Nat.
Mosc. xxxvi, 3, p. 101 (1863) ; .T/<>/?c7t.<^Typlilocyba (Zygba))
Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 218 (1903).

" Elongate, subparallel, shining, testaceously-subfuscous ; eyes
and abdomen beneath black ; tegmina hyaline, white, infuscate ;
legs pale ; head transverse, convex, anteriorly arcuately subpro-
duced ; ocelli in front, scarcely distinct ; eyes oblong, posteriorly
somewhat prominent ; pronotum transverse, posteriorly slightly
straightened, slightly finely punctate ; mesonotum trapezoidal,
marginate ; scutellum triangular, shining ; tegmina as broad as
head, parallel, apically rounded, slightly infuscate." {Motschoulsl-y .)

"Length 1| 1., lat. cap. 3 1."

Hah. Ceylon ; Mont Patannas {fide Motsclioidsky).

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2684. Typhlocyba nigrobimaculata, Motsch. (Thamnotettix) Bull.

Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxvi, 3, p. 101 (1863) ; Melich.\llyi^\Aocyha.
(ZygiDa)) Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 218 (1903).

" Closely allied to the preceding species, but somewhat s-maller ;
mesonotum with two black spots ; elongate, medially slightly
arcuate, shining, testaceous, subfuscously variegated ; eyes some-
what cinereous ; abdomen beneath infuscate, medially paler ;
tegmina smoky-hyaline, veins paler, strongly marked ; eyes
anteriorly subangularly truncate, shghtly prominent ; pronotum
almost broader than head." {MotscliovJsl-y.)

Length 2 to 2| milhm.

^«if>. Ceylon;' Wei igama {Green), IN'ewara - Elia (^c?e Mot-
schoidsl-y).

Mr. Green has sent me four specimens of this species which
agree with the description of Motschoulsky {supra). The two
black spots which he describes as on the mesonotum I regard as
on the base of the scutellum.

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2685. Typhlocyba sudra, sp. u.

Pale greyish with a flavescent tint, in some specimens dull
virescent ; * vertex with an apical black spot which is visible
beneath on the basal margin of face ; eyes black ; scutellum with
two prominent black spots near the basal angles ; tegmina
subhyaline tinged with flavescent or virescent ; wings hyaline,
somewhat strongly iridescent ; vertex rounded in front, shorter
than breadth between t^e eyes ; scutellum transversely impressed
near middle. Allied to niyrobimacidata, Motsch., but with vertex
a little longer and slightly more angulate, and also distinguished
by the apical black spot.
" Length 24 to 3 millim.

Hab. Calcutta {Annandale).

Breeds on the leaves of Bauhinia acuminata, on which it is very
abundant, often taking to flight in a regular cloud when the tree
is shaken. {N. Annandale.)

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2686. Typhlocybajaina, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum and scutellum pale flavescent ; vertex with
ail apical black spot which is sometimes large and rounded or
narrow and transverse and almost medially interrupted and seen
beneath at base of face ; eyes black; pronotum with a transverse
brown fascia a little behind middle ; scutellum with a prominent
black spot near each basal angle ; face with its lateral margins
brown ; abdomen above piceous, beneath brown ; tegmina sub-
hyalme, a subcostal and a claval streak pale brown ; wings milky-
white with the veins pale brown ; vertex shorter than the breadth
between eyes, its anterior margin subangularly rounded ; pronotum
somewhat strongly arched ; scutellum transverselv impressed near
middle.

Length 3 millim.

Hah. Calcutta (Annandale) ; Katihar, Dist. Purneah (Paiva).

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2687. Typhlocyba (Zygina) subrufa, Motsch. (Thamnotettix) Bull.

Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxvi, 3, p. 100 (1863); Me&A.'^Typhlocyba
(Zygina)) Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 218 (1903).

" Elongate, subparallel, sliining, rufous-testaceous ; abdomen and
eyes black ; tegmina somewhat palely white, apex inf uscate, veins
white; legs pale; head subtransverse, subconvex, anteriorly
incrassately-truncate, impunctate ; ocelli in front, scarcely
distinct ; eyes transverse, subovate, a little prominent ; pronotum
almost the breadth of head, strongly transverse, unequal, medially
slightly carinate, anteriorly arcuate, posteriorly somewhat sinu-
ately-truncate, angles somewdiat rounded ; metanotum trapezoidal,
shining, with scutellum testaceous ; tegmina as broad as head'
posteriorly parallel, hyaline, corium rugosely punctate." {Mot-
scJioulsly.)

Length 2| to 3| millim.

ffab. Ceylon ; Diyatalawa {Bainhridrje-Fletcher), Weligama
{Green), Colombo {fide MotsclioulsTcy).

I have several specimens exactly agreeing with the above
description.

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2688, Typhlocyba maculifrons, ^otsch. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxvi,
3, p. 103 (1863) ; ilfe//c;«.-'(Typhlocyba (Zygina)) Ho7n. Faun.
C'f(//o«, p. 219 (1903). ^

I use Melichar's description of this species taken from Ceylonese
specimens which he has identified with Motschoulsky's diagnosis.

" Head, pronotum and scutellum yellow, vertex not produced,
its margin rounded, at apex a large black spot ; face somewhat

414 JASSIDiE.

long, yellow, with iudistinct brovAnish transverse stripes ; apex of
clypeus black ; pronotum somewhat longer than vertex, rounded
in front, flatly concave behind, above yellow with greyish
colouring on the disk ; scutellum somewhat long, triangular, with
a depressed transverse line in middle ; tegmina hyaline, delicate,
yellowish-green with similarly coloured delicate veins, the
membrane weakly suffused with fuliginous-brown ; wings hyaline ;
sternum and legs yellow ; abdomen above and beneath black,
margins of the segments narrowly yellow." {Melicliar?)

Length 2 to 2J- milhm.

Hah. Calcutta (AnnandaJe). Between Bolpore and Eampore
Haut, E. I. E. Bengal {Paiva) ; Barrackpore {Annandale). Ceylon ;
Weligama (Green), Peradeniya, Colombo {fide Melichar).

The large black spot at the apex of the vertex is invariably
notched in front as shown in Melichar's figure.

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2689. Typhlocyba currax, Melich. (Tvphlocvba (Zygiua)) Horn.
Faun. Ceylon, p. 2i'0 (1903).

" Body narrow, elongated, pale yellowish, vertexmore than twice
as broad as long, rounded in front, with two black approximate spots ;
front somewhat long, arched, yellow, with two series of short rusty-
yellow transverse dashes : eyes black ; pronotum nearly three times
as long as vertex, rounded in front, very flat behind, yellow, greyish
on disk ; scutellum with a large black triangle in each basal angle,
a short depressed transverse line at middle ; tegmina somewhat
long, narrow, hyaline, dull yellowish, with delicate veins, costal
marginal vein more yellowish and on costal margin a dull yellowish
oval marginal spot, on hind margin of outer apical cell a somew hat
long black spot ; wings hyaline, vitreous, with brown veins ;
sternum and legs pale yellow ; claws dark : abdomen above and
beneath black, margins of segments somewhat vellow." {Melichar.)

" Length 5 3f millim."

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya ( iide Melicliar).

2690. Typhlocyba bipunctula, Blelich. (Tvphlocvba (Zygioa)) H0771.
Faun. Ceijlon, p. 220, t. vi, f. 3, a (1903).

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" Similar to T. currax in form and size, slender, pale lemon-
yellow ; vertex with two black spots as wide apart from each other
as from eyes, whereas iu'cwrraa- the spots are nearer to each other;
face pale yellow, unmarked ; tegmina very delicate hyaline, pale
lemon-yellow, paler to apical area where it is nearly colourless with
yellowish delicate veins ; wings hyaline, vitreous, iridescent ; body
beneath and legs pale yellow ; all the claws brown ; dorsum
yellow."

TYPHLOCYBA.

415

" This species is distiuguisbed from" T. cwrax by the lemon-
yellow colour of tbe whole body (in cwrax it is more greyish-
yellow), tbe absence of basal black triangles to scutellum and the
absence of the spot on the outer apical cell of tegmina, as well as
by the abdomen being pale yellow both above and beneath."
{Melichar.)

"■ Length $ 3| millim."

Hab. Ceylon ;' Peradeniya (fide Melichar).

Melichar appears from the descriptions to have figured his
T. currax asr. hipunctula.

2691. Typhlocyba indra, sp. n.

Vertex, pronotum, scutellum, body beneath and legs pale
yellowish-grey ; vertex with two prominent black spots between
the anterior margins of the eyes, and very slightly nearer to the
eyes than to each other ; eyes black ; face with a central longi-
tudinal brownish line, and a short line oi^ the same colour on each
side of basal area before the eyes, a somewhat large black spot
margining face on each side a little before its apex ; tibiae finely
inwardly lined with black ; abdomen above blackish-grey and
sometimes of the same colour beneath ; tegmina hyahne, sometimes
with a dull purplish tint, the venation very delicate and indistinct,
costal margin pale vellowish-grey, a subcostal line and the inner
claval margin pale brownish ; wings pale hyaline, slightly iridescent;
vertex very slightly longer than breadth between the eyes, _ its
anterior margin subaugulate, a faint central impressed_ longitudinal
line ; scutellum with a transverse central impressed line on disk.

Length 3| millim.

Hah. Calcutta {Annandale 4' Paiva, hid. Mv,s. 4- Coll. Dist.).

/)

2692. Typhlocyba tripunctula, Melich. (Typhlocyba (Zygina)) Hom.

Faun. Ceylon, p. 220 (1903).

" A very small delicate cicadine of a pale lemon-yellow colour ;
vertex acutely angulate ; face pale yeUowish, eyes greyish-white ; in
middle of vertex a pale longitudinal line, within which in the nape
a short depressed line is visible; pronotum as long as vertex, semi-
circular; scutellum with several indistinct longitudinal spots and an
impressed transverse line ; tegmina extremely delicate with very
delicate veius, pale lemon-yellow, and with three small sanguineous
spots of which the largest and most distinct is on the transverse
veins, a smaller one on the tip of the clavus and another onthe
costal margin behind the middle ; middle apical cell narrow ; wmgs
hyaline, vitreous ; body beneath and legs white." (Melichar.)

" Length $ 1^ millim."

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (fide Melichar).

I have not seen this species.

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" Genus EUPTERYX.

*-- Eupteryx, Curt. Ent. Mag. i. p. 192 (1833) ; Melich. Horn. Faun.

Ceylon, p. 210 (1903) ; Oshan. Verz. Pal. Hem. ii, Homopt. ii,

p. 198 (1907).
^ Diomma, MoUch. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxvi, 3, p. 102 (1863).
c Typhlocyba, Fieb. Rev. Zool. 1875, p. 415 ; id. t. c. 1876, t. 13.

Type, E. atrojmnctata, Goeze, a Palsearctic species.

Distribution. Nearctic, Palaearctic and Oriental Regions. Pro-
bably much more widely distributed.

" Pace subtrigonate, the head appearing crescent-shaped above ;
rostrum short and lanceolate ; antennae inserted in a cavitj^ under
each eye, biarticulate, first and second joints stout, the former
subglobose, the latter oblong, third very slender and terminated
by a fine long seta ; ocelli none ; thorax small, transverse ;
scutellum triangular ; superior wings narrowed and rounded,
with a few indistinct nervures ; inferior transparent with a few
nervures ; legs rather slender, posterior long, the tibiae clothed
with spiny bristles from the base to the apex outside, pectinated
with spines on the inside, except at the base, tarsi triarticulate,
elongated in the hinder pair, the basal joint being the longest,
the terminal one the shortest." {Curtis.)

" Small delicate Cicadse with extremely delicate tegmina which
exhibit four terminal cells of which the second is triangular ;
the three sectors in the wings run nearly parallel, divided
in the border of the tip and connected by transverse veins,
from third sector there is an oblique branch to the encompassing
vein running before the tip of the wing into the margin."
(MelicJiar.)

2693. Eupteryx picta, Melich. Horn. Fatm. Ceijlon, p. 210 (1903).

<' Eupteryx melichari, Kirk. Hep. E.rp. Stat. Haw. Plant. Assoc.
pt. ix, p. 363 (1906\

" Lemon-yellow with brown markings ; vertex and underside
ivory-white ; vertex triangularly produced, nearly as long as
pronotum, obtuse at tip, arched above, shining, without markings ;
front horizontal, curved downward, very smooth, Avhite, the
rounded front margin of vertex shining ivory-white, a short
black longitudinal dash on each side at frontal suture near
antennal cavities ; antennae white, the antennal bristle yellowish,
long ; eyes black ; rostrum very short ; pronotum rounded in front,
nearly straight behind, arched, smooth, shining lemon-yellow with
a black transverse band on posterior margin : scutellum triangular
with a transverse dash before the apex, lemon-yellow; tegmina
somewhat long, rounded behind, hyaline, lemon-yellow with

EUPTERTX, 417

brown markings and near base an indistinct longitudinal mark
which touches costal margin, is darker at inner margin and
represents a comma-like dash ; from apex of scutellum there runs
transversely across clavus and corium an oblique line hindward
and outward without reaching the costal margin, where there are
two parallel marginal dashes running obUquely hindward and
inward, behind these a semicircular black line bordered by a white
hyaline marginal spot, a large brown mark at tip of clavus and a
large black round spot in apical part near inner margin, the apical
margin itself narrowly bordered with brown ; wings hyaline,
shining, with yellowish veins ; pectus, abdomen and legs white or
yellowish-white ; claws black ; posterior tibiae with white bristles
on outer ridge. In form much like the European E. ^ulcJiella,
Fall." {Mdichar.)

"Length $ 3-3i milKm."

hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {fide Melicliar).

Kirkaldy proposed (sz«/)rrt) the new name , E. melicJiaii for this
species on the ground that it was neither the jjz'cto of Eabriciiis nor ^
Curtis. As, however, the ^Cicada picta, Fabr. is not now included ^ r^
wi^Eupteryx, and Curtis's identification as such was an error, the jy [li
proposed new name seems unnecessary. 0 ' '

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2694. Eupteryx insecata, Melich. Horn. Fatm. Ceyhm, p. 211, t. vi, f . 4 fl U,

(1903).

hi
Vertex ivory-white, two short impressed longitudinal lines on ""•

apical area ; eyes pale brownish ; prouotum white, the whole of the

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Fig. 255. — Eupterya: insecata.

posterior area with ramifications over the anterior white area,
lemon-yellow ; scutellum white, a triangular spot near each basal
angle and the apical area lemon-yellow, the latter inwardly margined

418 JASSID.E.

by a dark impressed line ; tegmina white, a transverse interrupted
black line before middle, immediately behind which on each
tegmen is an augulated lemon-yelli w patch, apical area with
lemon-yellow shadings on costal and inner margins, the former
with some transverse dark lines ; body beneath and legs very
pale lemon-yellow, a small black spot at the antennal cavities :
claws black.

Length 3^4 millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green).

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2695. Eupteryx ochracea. Motsch. (Diomma) Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc.
xxxvi, 3, p. 102, t. ii, f. 21 (1863) ; iJfe^icA.*1^Eupteryx) Horn.
Faun. Ceylon, p. 212 (1903).

" Elongate, somewhat shining, ochraceous ; head, pronotum and
tegmina with the apical margins with white spots, three punctures
to the clypeus and the abdomen black, segments beneath margined
with white ; eyes posteriorly subconical and prolongate, scarcely
prominent, cinereous-fuscous ; front and legs pale ; head tri-
angular, posterioi'ly strougly and profoundly arcuately concave ;
pronotum transversely subovate, posteriorly at each side on
margins piceously punctured : mesonotum trapezoidal, 'deplanato,'
two black spots at base ; scutellum narrower than mesonotum,
triangular ; tegmina anteriorly distinctly attenuated, medially
dilated, posteriorly parallel, spotted with fuscous and white, veins
towards apex white." (MotschouJshi/.)

"Length 1^ lin. ; lat. cap. ^ lin."

Hab. Ceylon ; Patannas (fde Motschonlshj).

I have not seen this species.

^Genus MOTSCHULSKIA.

'' Conometopus, Motsch. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxvi, 3, p. 103 (1863) ;

Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 221 (1903), nom. praeocc.
It' Motschulskia, Kirk. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxiv, p. 266 (1905), n. nom.

Type, M. inspiratus, Motscli.

Distribution. Ceylon. ^

"• In form elongated and slender as in Typhlocyha, but with
the vertex distinctly triangularly or conically produced ; head
triangular, strongly excavate at base ; ocelli none ; eyes elongate,
by no means projecting but appearing conical as seen from above ;
antennae setaceous, not extending beyond the pronotum, which is
transverse, a little attenuated in front, as broad as the base of
the head, the angles rounded ; mesonotum trapezoidal, distinctly
separated from the scutellum which is triangular ; tegmina

MOTSCIIL'LSKIA. 419

shining, a little transparent, of delicate consistence throughout
and uniformly coloured to their apices, veins invisible ; legs
slender but not very long." {Motsclioulshy.)

O o

.2696. Motschulskia inspiratus, Motsch. (Conometopus) Bull. Soc.
Nat. Muse, xxxvi, 3, p. 104, t. ii, f. 22 (18G3) ; Melicli. Horn.
Faun. Ceylon, p. 221 (1903).

" Elongate, narrow, posteriorly parallel, shining, white ; disk of
A'ertex and pronotum, an elongate-triangular spot to teginina,
anteriorly subsinuate, extending to apex, fuscous-piceous ; tegmina
posteriorly and the legs subrosaceous ; head and pronotum laterally
and lateral margins of the tegmina at humeral angles broadly
white ; head triangular, posteriorly strongly concavely arcuate,
with a medial elongate line subrosaceous ; eyes elongate, whitish ;
ocelli none ; pronotum transverse, anteriorly infuscate, posteriorly
concavely arcuate ; mesonotum trapezoidal, slightly marked with
four fuscous vittce ; scutellum triangular : tegmina as broad as
pronotum, elongate, shining, veins indistinct." (3Iotschoulsl-)j.)

" Length 11 Tin. ; breadth of head ^ lin."

ffah. Ceylon ; Mont Patannas {Nietner, fide Motschonlsl-i/).

I have not reproduced the figure as it is of little assistance, and
I have no personal knowledge of the species.

420 APPEX UIX. — PEXTATOMID.i:.

APPENDIX.

Family PENTATOMIDyE. (Vol. T, p. 1.)

Since tbe description of this family — so far as British India is
concerned — was published in 1902, a considerable number of other
species have either been received or described by diiferent workers ;
these genera and species are now incorporated. Some corrections in
nomenclature are made consequent on the discovery of preoccupied
generic names, which the lists compiled by Mr. C. O. Waterhouse,
JJr. D. Sharp, and Dr. E. Bergroth subsequent to those of Mr. S.
H. Scudder have made possible.

In all the families of Ehynchota (both Heteropterous and
Homopterous), Avhich have been enumerated, attention has been
directed to the different views held by authors as to the families or
subfamilies in which certain genera aud species should be located.
Tw^o instances have to be referred to in connection with the Penta-
tomidae of this fauna. The genus Eumenotes, West.= Oc^o/na,
Bergr., was placed by the latter writer in the Aradidae, a family
on which he is regarded as our first authority. In this course I
followed his direction (vol. ii, p. 155), merely remarking that it at
least should form the type of a new subfamily. Bergroth, however,
has recently (Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1907, p. 498) stated that he
committed an error in so doing, and now considers that the genus
is really Peutatomid and represents a new division " Eumenotaria"
of the subfam. Tessaratominse. This is nearer the view of its
original describer, the late Prof. Westwood, who placed it in the
Pentatomidae near the genus Ilegymenum. Walker, W'ho rede-
scribed the species, also considered it an Aradid.

The second variant in taxonomy relates to the genus ParastracTiia,
which I founded in 1883 and placed in the subfamily Pentatominas,
So good an authority as my friend Dr. Horvath took exception to
this view and stated (1889) that it should have been placed in the
Asopinse. Dr. Schouteden, however (1907), who has recently
critically examined this subfamily and published an enumeration
of the same, dissents altogether from this pronouncement and
upholds my location. As a species of Parastrachia is now included
in our fauna, these remarks are necessary.

As regards localities space will not allow additions to those
already given of a large number of species previously enumerated.
One, however, deserves mention. That very scarce species in
collections, Amhlycara gladiatoria, StSl (vol. i, p. 217), is now re-
presented in the British Museum by a specimen collected by
Mr. Dodd in Queensland.

421

Subfamily PLATASPIDIN^. (Vol. I, p. 3.)
Genus TIAROCORIS. (Vol. I, p. 14.)

Correction of misprint i)i generic diagnosis. For " body large
and concave " read " body large and convex."

Genus COPTOSOMA. (Vol. I, p. 17.)
2697. Coptosoma merguiensis, sp. n.

Ochraceous, somewhat thickly brownly punctate; scutellum
with two oblique discal inwardly directed impunctate pale ochra-
ceous fasciate spots ; head impunctate, the margins of the lateral
lobe brownish, apices of lateral lobes meeting in front of central
lobe; eyes fuscous, somewhat strongly produced ; pronotum convex,
deflected anteriorly, the anterior lateral margins a little roundly
ampliate, an obscure transverse impressed line on anterior area,
and before which there are two transverse linear callosities, a
central pale longitudinal impunctate line on posterior area, the
brown punctures rather sparsely distributed; scutellum rather
uaore thickly brownly punctate except on apical marginal area, a
fine discal transverse impressed line a little behind base ; body
beneath and legs pale ochraceous, central disk of sternum and
abdomen piceous ; the body is broadly convexly subovate, widened
behind and narrowed anteriorly, the apex of the scutellum broadly
truncate.

Length 4 millim.

Hab. Mergni (Coll. D!st.).

Allied to C. cribarium, Fabr.

My attention has been called to the fact that I did not include
the Co^Jtosoma carinatum, Kuhlg. (Arch. Naturg. Ixvii, p. 245, 1901)
described as from " India Orientalis. — King." I do not do so
because Klug may very probably have procured the species outside
the limits of our faunal area.

Genus CARRABAS, nov.

Type, C. maurus, Dist.

Distribution. Madras.

Body convex, suboblong; head produced, deflected, strongly
concave, the lateral lobes much longer than the central lobe,
strongly cleft at apices, their margins a little broadly elevated ;
eyes scarcely reaching the anterior angle of the pronotum ; antenna
four-jointed, joints only slightly differing in length, apical area of
second joint moderately clavate; rostrum imperfectly seen in typical
carded specimen-^ pronotum very large, convex, anteriorly and
laterally deflected ; scutellum convex, almost completely covering

422 APPENDIX. — PEiVTATOMIDyE.

abdomen, foveately impressed on each side near basal angles ; legs
robust, tibae spinulose ; tarsi with the apical joint longest.

The position of this genus seems to be after the Plataspidinse
and near the genus Thyreocoris which is placed by Lethierry and
Severin in their subfamily Corimelaenidae. Thyreocoris by Stal and
other authorities is included in the Cydninae, but Signoret, who
monographed that subfamily, does not enumerate it therein.

2G98. Carrabas maurus, sp. n.

Black, shining, tarsi ochraceous ; head concave, granulose ;
antennae brownish-ochraceous, the basal joint and apical area of
the last joint piceous-brown ; pronotum and scutellum thickly
finely punctate, the first with the lateral margins a little laminate ;

Fig. 2aQ. — Carrahas inmirus.

scutellum distinctly foveate on each side of basal margin ; connexi-
vumj[slightly exposed and with an ochraceous spot near middle.

Length 4 ; max. breadth 2^ millim.

Hab. Madras {Siehhing).

On Casuarina {E. P. Stehhing).

Subfamily SCUTELLERIN^E. (Vol. I, p. 38.)

Genus CHRYSOCORIS. (Vol. I, p. 54.)

2699. Chrysocoris iris, Germ. (CalJipliara) ZdUchr. f. Ent. i, p. 128
(1839) ; Herr.-Schdf. Wanz. Ins. v, p. 80, f. 526 (1839) ; Schout.
(Eucorysses) Wytsm. Gen. Ins. fasc. xxiv, p. 34 (1904).

Callidea sexmaculatus, Voll. Faun. Ind. Neerl. i, p. 18, pi. 1, f. 7
(1863).

Var. sultanina, Bredd. Sac. Ent. xviii, p. 76 (1903).

Purplish-red with bluish reflections ; head with the base, narrow
margins to central lobe, and the antennae black ; pronotum with
the centre of anterior margin, a central subcordate spot on disk,
and the posterior margin in front of scutellum (broadened inwardly
at each end) black ; scutellum with a spot at each basal angle, two

ARCTOCORIS. 423

contiguous spots on anterior disk, a large spot before the middle of
each lateral margin, and two transverse spots beyond middle which
almost meet and nearly form a transverse fascia, black ; body be-
neath purplish-red, the abdomen more sanguineous ; sternum largely
spotted with greenish-black ; legs more or less blackish-green ;
rostrum and posterior abdominal segmental margins (the latter
broadly widened outwardly) and a spot on apical segment black ;
first and second joints of antennae very short, fourth and fifth
longest and subequal in length, each a little longer than third ;
rostrum somewhat longly passing the postei'ior coxae.

Length 19 to 22 millim. ; width between pronotal angles 10 to 11
millim.

Hah. Burma {fide Breddin). Tenasserim {fide Atkinson). — Malay
Peninsula. Java, Bantam.

This species may be placed nest C. grandis (vol. i, p. 54), to the
description of which I added a note : " An allied species C. iris.
Germ, has been stated by Atkinson to be recorded from Tenasserim,
but I can find no confirmation of this habitat." Now that Breddin
has recorded it from Burma the species must be included in our
enumeration.

Genus ARCTOCORIS. (Vol. I, p. 70.)

I have followed Stal in treating IrocJirotus, Amy. & Serv. as a
synonym of Arctocoris (part.). Germ. Dr. Schouteden inclines to
the reverse method and treats Irochrotus as a distinct genus and as
representing both the species included in these volumes. I here
follow the original method, at least for the sake of conformity.

2700. Arctocoris indicus, Schout. (Irochrotus) Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg
xlviii, p. 30.3 (1904) ; id. Wytsm. Gen. Ins. fasc. xxiv, p. 89,
t. V, f. 9 (1904).

" Body elongate, the sides nearly parallel, black, slightly brilliant ;
above densely and clearly punctate, the puncturatiou a httle more
remote and less clear on the scutellum ; covered with a coarse white
pubescence intermixed with long stiff brown hairs ; scutellum largely
(except at base, a fascia on each side of the median line, and a
straight band outwardly directed) of a somewhat deep brownish-
castaneous ; head a little shorter than broad ; bucculae exhibiting
behind an angle nearly straight, rounded, their extreme edge
straight ; antennae piceous, second and third joints somewhat pale
testaceous, first joint a little longer than the second, third scarcely
shorter ; pronotum profoundly incised on each side, a little less
behind the middle, the posterior lobe a little broader behind than
the anterior lobe, the margins slightly rounded, the anterior lobe
at the lateral edges rounded in front, straight behind, the posterior
angle rounded, the anterior lobe not much broader in front than
the head, the anterior angles rounded, slightly prominent as seen

424 APPENDIX. PENTATOMIDiE.

ia front rather than as observing the insect from above ; scutellum
exhibiting a basal elevation well defined." (ScJiouteden.)

" Long. 5-6'5 millim."

Hab. Bengal (Schouteden).

This species is allied to A. incisus, St§.l. Dr. Schouteden remarks
that of the latter species I have not given the structural characters
and my figure does not permit of specific determination. I cannot
agree with this pronouncement, as that figure was not only accu-
rately drawn from the type by our artist, but is also accompanied
by three sectional drawings, which show the structural characters
better than can be expressed by words. Strange to say, although
Schouteden has described the antennae of his species they are not
shown on his figure, nor are any structural details portrayed.
Consequently I think my friend has allowed himself in this case
to be hypercritical.

Subfamily GRAPHOSOMATIN.E. (Vol. I, p. 70.)

Genus PODOPS. (Vol. I, p. 72.)

2701. Podops longispina, Schout. (Scotinophara) Ann. Soc.Enf.Belf/.

xlix, p. 147 (19051 ; id. Wytsm. Gen. Ins. fasc. xxx, p. 35, t. iii,
f. i (1905).

" The upper side of the body is of a somewhat pale tint, the
underside is for the larger part of a more deep colour with the
exception of a large marginal zone on the abdomen ; the femora
and the base of the tibiae are either black or piceous, the tarsi and
the tibiae (excluding base) flavescent ; prouotum with a transverse
impression a little profound, each anterior angle exhibits a long
spine, granulose and sharply obliquel}- directed forward, the
lateral angles are likewise continued in front of the usual slope in
a granulose spine but longer than the anterior spines and directed
transversely or nearly so, between the two spines, anterior and
posterior, the lateral 'margin is nearly straight, entire, the disk a
little convex ; scutellum at base with three small callous white
spots ; lobes of the head equally long." {Schouteden.)

" Length 7-25 to 7*75 millim."

Hah. Trichinopoly, Maissour, Gathes {fide ScJiouteden).

From the figure this species appears to be principally dis-
tino-uished by the length of the lateral spines. Dr. Schouteden
has not given their dimensions, or rather their expanse.

2702. Podops scobinae, sp. n.

Head and anterior area of prouotum black ; posterior area of
pronotum, scutellum and corium rusty-brown ; body beneath
i)iceous ; legs and antennae ochraceous more or less speckled with
fuscous ; antennae finely pilose, third and fifth joints longest and

BURRUS. 425

subequal iu length ; head coarsely punctate, the apices of the
lateral lobes a little pi-omineut, a robust lateral spine between eyes
and base of antennae ; pronotum broad, transverse, transversely
depressed in front of lateral angles, before this depression a trans-
verse series of fine tubercles of which the lateral ones are more
elongate and a little less prominent, the lateral margins dentate
and convex to base of lateral angles which are subacutely prominent;
on disk a central pale ocliraceous levigate longitudinal line, some-
wliat coarsely and regularly punctate; scutellum thickly finely
punctate, with three obscure pale ochraceous basal spots, one
ceiitral and one near each basal angle ; corium thickly finely
punctate; membrane pale bronzy subhyaline; body beneath thickly
shortly palely pilose ; rostrum ochraceous, reaching the posterior
coxae.

Length 9 to 10 ; breadth between pronotal angles 5 to 5| millim.

Hah. Assam ; Khasi Hills. Burma ; Bhanio.

Allied to P. serrata, Voll, from which it differs principally by the
structure of the pronotum, the lateral margins of which are much
more convex before the bases of the lateral angles.

Genus BURRUS, nov. (After Aspidestroj>7ms, Vol. I, p. 80.)

Type, B. sjncatus, Dist.

Distribution. Bombay.

Head elongate, much longer than broad, the lateral lobes much
longer than the central lobe, meeting in front of it but cleft at
their apices, their margins re flexed, a very long lateral spine
between eyes and base of antenna? ; eyes stylately produced ;
antennae with the basal joint robust, not reaching apex of head,
remaining joints slender, fifth a little longer than either third or
fourth which are subequal in length ; pronotum with the anterior
angles longly, forwardly produced, slightly passing eyes, the lateral
margins moderately laminate and strongly dentate, transversely
depressed near middle, in front of which are a double series of
small tubercles, the lateral angles shortly spinous, the anterior
margin concave ; scutellum broad, reaching abdominal apex where
it is truncately rounded, the lateral margins strongly sinuate
before middle, depressed on each side a little behind base ; corium
narrow ; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxa? ; abdomen
beneath convex ; legs unarmed, of moderate length, the femora
distinctly thickened ; connexivum shortly tuberculously dentate
near the segmental incisures.

2703. Burrus spicatus, sp. n.

Black, distinctly brownishly shortly pilose on head and anterior
area of pronotum ; tarsi stramineous ; antennae ochraceous, the
yoL. IV. 2 r

426 APPENDIX. PENTATOMID^,

basal and apical joints more or less piceous ; anterior area of
pronotum with a double transverse series of short tubercles, the
posterior area thickly punctate ; scutellum thickly punctate, with

Fig. 257. — Bums spicatus.

a discal somewhat obscure central longitudinal ridge which
neither reaches base nor apex, foveate on each side behind base ;
corium more finely punctate ; other structural characters as in
generic diagnosis.

Length 7 ; breadth between pronotal angles 4 millim.

Hah. Bombay {Dixon).

Subfamily CYDNINiE. (Vol. I, p. 81 .)
Genus CYDNUS. (Vol. I, p. 90.)

2704. Cydnus mumba, sp. n.

Black, shining; antennae piceous-brown, second joint longer
than first, a little shorter than either of the remaining joints
which are incrassate, the apical joint more pyriform ; head with
the margins spinulose, the lateral areas punctate ; pronotum finely
punctate, the anterior area centrally depressed, the lateral margins
longly testaceously spinulose; scutellum finely punctate, moderately
transversely ridged near base, apical area a little depressed and
with a distinct callosity on each lateral margin ; corium finely
punctate ; membrane pale castaneous ; body beneath and legs
black ; tibiae longly spinulose.

Length 5| to 6 millim.

Hah. Bombay {Dixon).

The distinguishing characters of this species are to be found in
the scutellum and in the marginal callosity on each side of the
apical area.

GEOTOMUS. 427

2705. Cydnus tanna, sp. n.

Black ; corium stramineous ; membrane hyaline ; body beneath
black ; legs castaneous ; antennae piceous-brown, the last three
joints moderately incrassate ; prnnotum with the anterior half
glabrous, the posterior half thickly punctate ; scutellum somewhat
thickly finely punctate ; coi'ium sparingly finely punctate ;
membrane slightly passing the abdominal apex ; tibiae spinulose,
tarsi pale ochraceous.

Length 4 millim.
' Hah. Bombay (Dixon). Nepal ; Pharping (Ind. Mus.).

This species is to be recognized from any other of those here
enumerated from British India by the stramineous corium. This
is not an uncommon character in the genus among the Ethiopian
species.

Genus MACRO SCYT US. (Vol. I, p. 94.)

2706. Macroscytus electus, sp. n.

Head, pronotum and scutellum shining piceous-black ; corium
pale dull ochraceous, the inner discal area darker in hue, costal
margin and a linear subcostal spot near middle black ; membrane
hyaline ; body beneath black ; antennae, rostrum and legs
castaneous-brown ; antennae with the last three joints moderately
incrassate and subequal in length; margins of the head finely
ciliate; lateral margins of the pronotum and corium with long
spinulose hairs ; pronotum glabrous with some very obscure
punctures, the anterior angles transversely prominent behind
eyes, a small and indistinct foveation behind head ; scutellum
sparsely finely punctate, the apical area transversely wrinkled ;
membrane passing the abdominal apex ; tibiae strongly and longly
spinulose.

Length 6 millim.

Hab. Bengal ; Purneah.

This species may be placed near M. transversus, Burra. (vol. i,
p. 96).

Genus GEOTOMUS. (Vol. I, p. 98.)

2707. Geotomus opacus, sp. n.

Black, opaque ; posterior angles of the pronotum sometimes
testaceous ; tarsi stramineous ; membrane obscure hyaline, passing
the abdominal apex; antennae brownish-ochraceous, first and
second joints almost cylindrical, remaining joints incrassate,
second joint shortest, fifth longest ; head finely granulose, ocelli
prominent and placed near eyes ; pronotum thickly punctate with
a transverse linear impression a little behind middle, the posterior

2f2

428 APPB]S"DIX. — PENTATOMID^..

angles distinctly though moderately nodulose; scutellum long,
narrowed posteriorly, the lateral margins of the apical area
perpendicular, thickly finely punctate, obscurely trausversely
wrinkled ; corium with the posterior discal area piceous.

Length 3 millim.

Hah. Burma: Eangoon (CoZZ. i)?si.).

The opaque coloration, the dense puncturation and the somewhat
flattened body are the principal characteristics of this species.

Genus CHILOCORIS. (Vol. I, p. 104.)

1^708. Chilocoris ? assmuthi, Bredd. (Chilocoris) Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg.
xlviii, p. 407 (1904).

" Dark piceous-brown, shining, legs (excepting tibial spines),
rostrum and antennae, the coxal cavities outwardly and posterior
borders of metasternura, hind angles as well as narrow outer
border of the front pleura (the marginal line itself piceous-
brown), and the tegmina with the epipleurse whitish- yellow, the
impressed Hue of the corium near claval suture and a short dotted
line in inner basal angle of clavus narrowly piceous-brown ;
posterior margin of pronotum and the outer margin (the latter

Fig. 258. — Chilocoris? assmuthi.

suddenly narrowing in front and gradually disappearing) pale
rusty-yellow ; autennal joints 3-5 slightly infuscated ; membrane
hyaline ; surface of vertex very slightly prominent, without
distinct puncturation, the border lying before the eyes semicircular,
armed with about sixteen distinct little ' stiftchen ' ; ocelli almost
touching the inner margins of the eyes, immediately before each
a bristle-bearing cavity-impression, juga in about the middle of its
surface with large, flat, round cavity-impressions ; pronotum just
before the middle with an impressed transverse line, not or very
obsoletely punctured, about 5 or 6 little dots on the posterior area

CHILOCOEIS.

429

impunctate ; scutelliim shorter thau broad at base, passing over
into the moderately broad, short, rounded, pointed part nearly
without observable bending, with a few scattered dots on the
surface but without punctured lateral line ; coriuin very distinctly
larger thau the membrane and with its acute angulated terminal
corner very far overhangiug the end of the scutellum hindwardly,
the membranous division not very much shorter than the claval
suture ; corium impunctate or almost so with a few quite obsolete
dots in the basal part of the clavus and inner angle of corium, an
impressed line near basal suture very finely and thickly punctured,
suddenly disappearing near base, costal area of corium between
the distinct ' rimula ' and the margin quite smooth, ivithout
impressed line, and without raised longitudinal veins, costal margin
without recognizable bristle pores ; odoriferous furrow running
through to almost the margin of the body, towards end gradually
curved backwards ; antennal joint 2 about one-third as long as joint
3, which is only a little shorter than 4 ; rostrum scarcely passing
anterior coxse." {Bredclin.)

" Length 3^^ milhm."

Hah. Bombay.

This species was found by Assmuth in the domicile of
Solenopsis rufer, Ferr.

By the kindness of Father Assmuth, the types of this and the
following species, contained in the collection of Wasmann, were
placed in my hands for figuring. Breddin located both in the
genus Ghilocoris, where I leave them, but the shape of the
scutellum scarcely admits their inclusion.

2709. Chilocoris ? solenopsides, Bredd. (Chilocoris) Ann. Soc. Ent.
Belg. xlviii, p. 408 (1904).

Fig. 259. — Chilocoris "i solenopside

" Dark piceous-brown ; tegmina rather dull whitish-yellow, the
puncturatiou, a broad band-like border along the outer half of the

430 APPENDIX. PENTAXOMID^.

division of the membrane, as well as a narrow costal margin with the
epipleura, dark piceous-brown ; rostrum and legs with the outside
of the costal cavities much suffused with piceous-brown, almost
rusty-yellow ; the narrow terminal margin of femora as well as
the tibial bristles piceous-brown ; antennae dull rusty-yellow, the
terminal three joints brownish ; membrane hyaline ; vertex
sparingly punctured, smooth, the part lying before the ocelli very
slightly mould-lilie, deepened, the anterior margin free, leaf-like,
sharpened and slightly raised, seen from above somewhat semi-
circular, quite without ' Eandstiftchen ' and ' Wimperborsten ' ;
the grooves for the four typical bristles of the vertex small,
punctiform ; ocelli almost touching theiuner margins of the eyes;
pronotum a little before middle with an impressed distinctly
punctate transverse line, the posterior area towards the front very
sparsely but distinctly punctate, and the front area towards the
lateral margins with some dots arranged in a more or less longi-
tudinal row, the latter area near the front margin with a
short linear longitudinal impression in the middle ; scutelium
resembling that of C. assmutJd, but with considerably coarser
puncturation ; tegmina also formed as in that species, but the
corium with corners somewhat less strongly projecting back-
ward, thus the corium is here comparatively shorter, even though
the tip of the scutelium still always projects considerably back-
ward, and the membranal division is distinctly rather shorter than
the claval suture ; corium towards end and inner angle rather
finely but very distinctly punctate, also there is along claval suture
a rather irregular row of fine dots ; costal area impunctate, between
' rimula ' and margin a very distinctly impressed, indistinctly
punctate longitudinal line that runs about parallel to the ' rimula,'
the intermediate space between this line and the ' rimula,' as in
most Cydninse, longitudinally vein-like, raised, costa without
recognizable bristle-pores ; clavus on disk with a here and there
interrupted longitudinal row of vei'y fine closely agglomerated dots
not extending to the base, in basal inner angle of clavus a short
impressed punctate line ; odoriferous furrow nearly reaching
margin of body, its extreme end emitting hindward a flap-like
projection ; antennal joint 2 not quite as long as 3." (Breddin.)

" Length 3^ millira."

Hab. Bombay.

This species was also found by Wasmann among Ants and
Termites received from Bombay.

Genus STATANUS, uov.
(To follow Nishadana, Vol. I, p. 107.)

Type, S. membranaceiis, Dist.
Distribution. Ceylon.

Body broad, ovate ; head anteriorly rounded, margined with
short erect spinules, central lobe as long as the lateral lobes, ocelli

STATANUS. 431

distinct, placed near eyes ; anteunse five-jointed, first and second
joints short and slender, not seen from above, remaining three
joints incrassate; rostrum nearly reaching the posterior coxae;
prouotiim large, moderately convex, deflected anteriorly, the
lateral margins convexly rounded, anterior margin concaAe behind
head, posterior margin truncate ; scutellum short, lateral margins
not longer than basal margin, the apex broadly rounded, foveately
depressed with the margins distinctly raised ; corium about as
long as membrane, lateral margins a little convex, apical margin
sinuate ; membrane considerably passing apex of abdomen ; tibiae
longly, strongly spinulose.

This genus differs from Chilocoris by the broadly rounded apex
of scutellum, which allies it with Nishadana ; from the latter
genus it may be separated by the different shape of the pronotum,
the shorter and more convexly rounded head, &c.

2710. Statanus membranaceus, sp. n.

Head and pronotum dark castaneous-brown, posterior and base
of lateral margins ochraceous ; scutellum shining black ; cormm
pale greyish, claval and outer margins very pale ochraceous ;
membrane pale hyaline at basal area reflecting the dark abdomen

Fig. 2Q0.— Statanus membranaceus.

beneath, and centrally longitudinally pale obscure ochraceous ;
body beneath dark piceous-brown ; rostrum and legs pale ochraceous ;
pronotum with a subcentral transverse incised line ; scutellum
with some central discal rugulose wrinkles; other structural
characters as in generic diagnosis.

Length 3^ millim.

Hob. Ceylon ; Peradeniya {Green).

432 APPENDIX. PEKTATOMID.^:.

Subfamily PENTATOMINiE. (Vol. I, p. 109.)

Genus ARMATILLUS, uov.

Type, A. verrucosus, Dist.

Distribution. Burma.

Head broad, depressed, subtriangular, the central lobe prominent
and slightly projecting ; antennae four-jointed, first joint longest,
a little longer than fourth, second longer than third ; rostrum
short, about reaching the intermediate coxae, basal joint enclosed
in a canal on the under surface of the head ; pronotum transverse,
narrowed anteriorly, a transverse callous ridge on anterior area,
anterior and posterior margins truncate; scutellum small, sub-
triangular ; corium roundly deflected on each side ; membrane
small, not reaching abdominal apex, with a basal cell beyond
which the veins are somewhat coarse and longitudiiml ; abdomen
beneath convex, the basal segments sinuate ; femora moderately
thickened.

Armatillus in this enumeration may be placed at the commence-
ment of the subfamily Pentatominse ; it does not fall in w'ith any
of the divisions I have used, and it is unnecessary to propose one
for its reception.

2711. Armatillus verrucosus, sp. n.

Dull black ; eyes, two small spots near apex of corium, and the
legs testaceous ; tarsi ochraceous ; head thickly finely granulose ;

Armatillus verrucosus.

pronotum rugulose and punctate, the transverse callous ridge on
anterior area almost smooth; scutellum transversely wrinkled;

DALPADA. 433

corium very coarsely punctate ; body beneath very finely pilose ;
other characters as in generic diagnosis.

Length 4 to 5 mm.

Hah. Burma ; Bhamo {Coll. Dist.).

Genus DALPADA. (Vol. I, p. 110.)

Dalpada clavata (Vol. I, p. 113).

Mr. Green has now sent uie two specimeus of this species from
Ceylon.

Add : — Hah. Bhim Tal, Kumaon and Dehra {Ind. Mas.) ; Naini
Tal {Liicl-now Mus.). Ceylon ; Wellawaya, Peradeniya {Green).

2712. Dalpada aniiandalei, sp. u.

Head above black, with a central narrow longitudinal fascia
pale ochraceous ; pronotum black, more piceous on posterior disk,
anterior margin, a central line on anterior disk, on posterior disk
a number of callous markings which form an arcuate irregular
fascia oa each posterior lateral area, and a central cluster of
irregular macular markings on disk pale ochraceous ; scutellum
with three linear basal spots, one central and one near each basal
angle, some prominent irregular callous macular markings on
disk and suffusion on apical area pale ocliraceous ; corium pale
bronzy-brown with numerous small pale yellow spots excepting
on posterior disk where it is immaculate and more piceous ;
connexivum black with transverse pale ochraceous spots ; mem-
brane bronzy-brown, its apex paler ; body beneath dull piceous
with testaceous mottlings, a somewhat large lateral spot to pro-
and metanota, and marginal spots to abdomen beneath ochraceous,
abdomen centrally testaceous-red ; legs more or less testaceous,
apices of femora, bases and apices of tibiae and the tarsi black ;
antennae black, basal joint not reaching apex of head, second joint
a little longer than third, fourth and fifth palely sericeous ; head
almost as long as the pronotum, its apex truncately rounded, the
apical lateral margins prominent, moderately roundly produced
and indistinctly toothed ; pronotum coarsely punctate aud rugulose,
the lateral angles only subuodulose, provided inwardly with two
ridges, the anterior lateral margins obscurely crenulate.

Length 17 to 18 ; breadth between pronotal angles 8| millim.

Hah. Naini Tal {Lucknow Mus.). Simla Hills ; Theog
{Annandale).

A species to be recognized by its prominent callous yellow
markings, aud its intermediate position between the two sections
of the species as in this work enumerated, is denoted by the only
subuodulose but inwardly fui-rowed pronotal angles.

434 APPENDIX. PEIv'TATOMID^.

2713. Dalpada melania, sp. n.

Body above blackish ; membrane shining jet-black ; head above
with the lateral margins, a central longitudinal ridge, and the inner
margins of the eyes obscure ochraceous or testaceous; pronotum
with some obscure testaceous mottlings, the most prominent of
which is a central longitudinal line not extending behind middle ;
scutellum with a short testaceous line near each basal angle and
some irregular scattered testaceous or ochraceous spots on apical
area ; corium with a purplish tint and finely spotted with ochra-
ceous excepting on posterior disk ; connexivum with transverse
yellow spots ; body beneath blackish, disk of abdomen brownish-
ochraceous ; legs blackish mottled with brownish-ochraceous ;
coxae ochraceous, posterior tibiae beneath with the basal two-thirds
greyish ; antennae black, bases of first and fifth joints luteous,
basal joint robust, nut reaching apex of head, second and fourth
joints subequal in length, each longer than third ; head rugulose,
its apex roundly truncate, anterior lateral angles prominent,
obtusely acute ; pronotum coarsely punctate and subrugulose,
anterior lateral margins crenulate, posterior angles rounded, subno-
dulose, inwardly furrowed ; scutellum thickly punctate, longitudi-
nally foveately depressed at each lateral area, obscurely centrally
longitudinally ridged on apical area ; corium thickly finely
punctate ; rostrum extending beyond posterior coxae ; abdomen
broadly centrally sulcate on basal area.

Length 17; breadth between pronotal angles 9 millim.

Hah. Nepal ; Nagorkote.

Genus ERTHESINA. (Vol. I, p. 117.)

2714. Erthesina robertsi, sp, n.

Head above piceous, central lobe (excluding base and apex),
lateral margins (widened anteriorly but not reaching apex) and
eyes pale castaneous ; antennae brownish-ochraceous ; pronotum,
scutellum and corium testaceous-brown, darkly punctate, anterior
marginal area of pronotum and basal area of scutellum piceous or
black ; membrane piceous, the apical margin paler ; body beneath
and legs pale castaneous, apex of rostrum piceous ; head as long
as pronotum, coarsely rugulosely punctate, lateral margins
obscurely toothed or notched before apex; antennae with the
basal joint a little thickened, not nearly reaching apex of head,
second and third joints subequal, each a little shorter than fourth ;
pronotum coarsely rugulosely punctate, the anterior lateral
margins shortly crenulate, an obscure central carination on
anterior half, the punctures near anterior margin smaller and
closer together ; scutellum more strongly transversely rugulose
on basal area ; corium thickly finely punctate ; rostrum extending

PARANETISANPS.

435

to a little beyond middle of abdomen, which is centrally sulcate
from base to anterior margin of sixth segment ; anterior (a) and

Fig. 262. — Erthesina robertsi.

posterior (6) tibiae dilated, not lobately, but laminately towards
apices.

Length 21^ milliin.

Hah. Sikhim (Roberts, Coll. DisL).

The peculiar dilatation of the anterior and posterior femora is a
character of this species.

Genus PARANEVISANUS.

Type, P. subgenericics, Dist.

Distribution. Northern India.

Allied to Nevisanus, Dist. (vol. i, p. 122), but lateral lobes of
the head distinctly upwardly recurved ; first joint of antennae not
reaching apex of head, second joint much longer than third.

This might with some propriety be classed as a suhgemis, an
abstract term of which I have no sufficiently clear conception.
Grenera are merely means to aid classification, a convenient method
for detaching a group of species with common structural characters
which are superior to those used in specific differentiation. The
importance of such characters must be estimated according to the
purview of the individual entomologist ; they are or should be
used to denote a break in sequence.

2715. Paranevisanus subgenericus, sp. n.

Head bronzy - black, rugulosely punctate, lateral margins,
margins of eyes and a central longitudinal line stramineous ;
pronotum ochraceous, coarsely blackly punctate, the anterior and

436

APPENDIX. — PENTATOMID^.

lateral marginal areas bronzy-black, narrow margins and a central
longitudinal line on anterior half stramineous ; scutellura ochra-
ceous, thickly coarsely blackly punctate ; corium dull purphsh-
brown with a few small ochraceous spots, costal area more
ochraceous thickly punctured with bronzy-black ; membrane
shining black ; counesivuni bronzy-black, coarsely punctate,

Fig. 2Go. — Paranevisanns suhgcnericus.

spotted with ochraceous, the spots almost impunctate ; body
beneath and legs ochraceous, thickly darkly punctate, head darker
and thickly finely pilose, legs more or less streaked with ochraceous ;
rostrum passing the posterior coxae ; abdomen beneath broadly
centrally sulcate at base and centrally longitudinally paler in hue,
marginally spotted with ochraceous.

Length c? 19 ; breadth between pronotal angles 9 milliin.

Hah. Kumaon.

Genus SCIOCORIS. (Vol. I, p. 125.)
SciOCOmS LATEEALIS (Vol. I, p. 126).

Add : — Hah. Ceylon ; Trincomalee {Green).

The Ceylonese examples I have seen are slightly smaller than
those from the other Indian habitats, and measure in length from
3^ to 4 millim.

Genus MENEDEMUS. (Vol. 1, p. 127.)

2716. Menedemus vittatus, Dall. (Sciocoris) List Hem. i, p. 133
(1851) ; Dist. (Menedemus) A. M. N. H. (7) iv, p. 429

Head black, thickly coarsely punctate, with three longitudinal
narrow stramineous fasciae, one central and straight, the other

ONCINOPEOCTTJS. 437

two more oblique ; pronotum black, tbickly punctate, the basal
area more castaueous and more sparingly blackly punctate, three
central longitudinal fascia? continuous with those on head and the
lateral margins stramineous, on each lateral area near posterior
angles a short testaceous oblique line ; scutellum black, coarsely
punctate, a central straight fasciate hue and the lateral margins
stramineous ; corium black, somewhat coarsely punctate, the costal
area and apical margin more or less stramineous, the disk with
pale castaneous suffusions ; membrane black, its apical margin
pale brownish ; head beneath and sternum black, with a sublateral
stramineous fascia ou each side ; abdomen beneath stramineous,
with four longitudinal black maculate fasciae, two central and two
lateral, all more or less outwardly suffused with castaneous ; legs
black longitudinally streaked with stramineous ; antennae black,
second joint and base of third joint testaceous; rostrum black',
reaching the posterior coxae.

Length 8^ millim.

Hah. Bombay ; Bor Ghat {Dixon).
^ Dallas described this species with doubt as from " Africa ? ".

Genus HIPPOTISCUS to replace Hippota. (Vol. I, p. 131.)

Plexippus, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1867, p. 505 (nom. pr^occ).
Hippota, Bergr. Rev. cVEnt. x, p, 214 (]891) (nom. prfeocc).
Hippotiscus, Berffr. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxv, p. 2 (1906), n. nom.

Bergroth proposed the name Hippota to supersede the pre-
occupied Plexippus, a course followed in this enumeration. Since
then Bergroth has discovered that his new name was also pre-
occupied and has now substituted that of Hippotisms. This will
therefore have to be used.

Genus ONCINOPROCTUS.

Oncinoproctus, Bredd. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxiii, p. 5 (1904).

Type, 0. griseolus, Bredd.

Distribution. N. India.

Body short, broad, subovate ; head much shorter than the
pronotum, the lateral and central lobes nearly equally long, ocelli
about three times as wide apart from each other as" from eyes ;
nead and anterior area of pronotum vertically depressed •
rostrum slightly passing the posterior coxae, first joint reaching
base of head, second joint longest ; antennae apparently of five
joints, but the fifth is mutilated in my specimen, first joint not
reaching apex of head, second and third joints almost equally long ;
pronotum between the lateral angles more than three times as'
broad as long, strongly deflected on anterior half, the lateral angles
strongly produced, convex above, apically concave beneath, their
apices truncate, the anterior angles acuminate behind and out.side
eyes, posterior margin concave, broader than base of scutellum ;
scutellum almost as long as broad at base, shorter than corium, the

438

APPENDIX. PENTATOMIDJE.

apex subangularly rounded, a deep oval black foveation in each
basal angle ; corium short, broad, about one-thu'd longer than
the membrane which only slightly passes the abdominal apex ;
connexivum medially exposed, the segmental angles moderately
nodulose ; base of abdomen beneath with a rudimentary prolonga-
tion ; femora unarmed ; tibiae not furrowed.

This genus, principally by the large black foveation in the basal
angles of the scutellum, has been placed by its describer in a small
group of genera not otherwise fovmd in this fauna, and thus
arranged by StSl. These genera form a group near the division
Carporcoraria of this enumeration (vol. i, p. 148). By the pronotal

angles the genus has affinities with Muca? """ d7,..„„..„„,.™

and the Asopid genus Martinia.

and Placosternum

2717. Oncinoproctus griseolus, Bredd. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxiii, p. 5
(1904).
Pale dull luteous or greenish-yellow, thickly darkly punctate ;
scutellum with a black foveate spot at each basal angle ; antennae
black, the basal joint luteous with its apex black; head above
coarsely darkly punctate, the central lobe only slightly punctate,
the anterior lateral margins a little broadly convexly ridged ; pro-
notum very coarsely darkly punctate, the produced lateral angles
broadly apically truncate, and anteriorly and posteriorly distinctly

Fig, 264, — Oncinoproctus griseoh

slightly toothed ; scutellum rather more finely punctate, on apical
area a somewhat distinct impunctate central line ; corium thickly
finely punctate ; prosternum thickly punctate, raeso- and metasterna
more finely punctate on the lateral areas and near coxae ; abdomen
beneath thickly finely punctate, the central longitudinal disk almost
impunctate, a central piceous spot on anal segment; legs finely
blackly maculate ; spiracles prominent and black ; other structural
characters as in generic diagnosis.

Length 10| ; breadth between pronotal angles 8 millim.

Hah. Katmandu {Coll. Dist.). Sikhim {fide Breddin).

EusARCOconis. 439

Genus ^SCHROCORIS. (Vol. I, p. 162.)
2718. ^schrocoris fumosus, sp. n.

Body above browuisb-ochraceous; head, anterior area of prouotum
and margins of produced lateral angles, and a foveate spot in each
basal angle of scutellum black ; antennae ochraceous, the basal and
apical joints piceous ; body beneath black, here and there suffused
with ochraceous ; femora black, broadly medially annulated with
testaceous, tibite with their bases black, their apices castaneous-
brown and medially annulated with ochraceous ; head strongly
deflected, a little longer than breadth between eyes, the lateral
margins slightly concavely sinuate, the anterior angles distinctly
prominent, thickly coarsely punctate, a central raised longitudinal
line on disk which posteriorly reaches two short basal similar lines ;
pronotum strongly rugulose and punctate, a somewhat obscure
and irregular raised longitudinal line, a transverse series of small
but prominent tubercles between the lateral angles which are a
little forwardly produced, their apices notched and posteriorly
distinctly dentate ; scutellum with the basal third raised and rugu-
losely punctate, depressed before middle, remaining area smoother
and more finely punctate, apex not tuberculate ; corium somewhat
sparingly but coarsely punctate ; body beneath somewhat thickly
punctate, more finely punctate on the abdomen than on the
sternum.

Length 5| ; breadth between pronotal angles 5 millim.

Hah. Kumaon ; Bhim Tal.

Genus EUSARCOCORIS. (Vol. I, p. 165.)

2719. Eusarcocoris modestus, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belq l p 406
(1906).

Above very pale ochraceous, thickly darkly punctate ; antennae
robust, pale ochraceous, second and third joints shortest and sub-
equal in length ; sternum pale ochraceous, thickly darkly punctate ;
abdomen beneath castaneous, with two lateral series of ochraceous
spots, the lateral margins broadly ocliraceous with a series of small
black segmental spots on extreme lateral margin; legs pale ochra-
ceous, posterior femora with two subapical castaneous spots ; head
thickly coarsely punctate ; pronotum with the anterior and lateral
margins levigate, the punctures less dense on anterior disk and
with a castaneous transverse shading beliind each anterior angle ;
scutellum much more finely punctate on apical area where there is
a somewhat indistinct castaneous central longitudinal fascia the
apical margin levigate; connexivum ochraceous, spotted with
black; membrane hyaline and considerably passing abdominal
apex ; pronotal angles not prominent.

Long. 3 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Eppawela, Nalanda {E. E. Oreen).

440 APPENDIX. PENTATOMIDiE.

A small species allied to E. aqntatns, Dist., from which it differs
by the shorter, less narrowed anteriorly and more subquadrate
head.

2720. EusarcOCOris porrectus, Bredd. (Eusarcoris) Wien. ent. Zeit.
xxvi, p. 93 (1907).

" In colour and markings agreeing with E. inconspicims, Herr.-
Schiiff. (vol. i, p. 167), on the whole rather more yellow, but apart
from the different formation of the 6 genital plate is already at
the first glance distinguished by its narrow longly-produced JSeotti-
f)lossa-\We form : second joint of antennae rather longer than third ;
the piceous, marginally toothed projecting middle spot to the
abdomen beneath without yellowish middle stripe ; intermediate
and posterior femora with a few regularly arranged piceous-bro\\n
sprinklings and an indistinct cloudy spotting on the outside near
the apex."

" S • Genital plate rather smaller than in inconspicims, thickly
pitchy-blackly punctate, terminal border in middle with obtuse,
angulated, rather deep and broad excision, the bordering lines of
this angle straight, first not far from outer border curved and thus
forming a slightly raised flatly bent fold ; a very shallow gutta-like
transverse impression follows the end border of the plate ; inside
the concavity is seen another plate-like bordering with a flatly-
bayed truncated terminal border." (Bredclin.)

"Length with membrane 6-25; breadth at hum. angles 3-25
millim."

Hah. Punjab ; Eawalpindi (Jlde Breddin).

The above description is my only knowledge of this species.

Genus CARBULA. (Vol. I, p. 170.)

2721. Carbula aspavia, sp. n.

Above dark brownish -ochraceous, coarsely punctate ; head
piceous, centrally longitudinally ridged ; antennae pale castaneous,
second and third joints subequal, fourth with the apical area black,
fifth black with the base ochraceous ; pronotum v^ ith the lateral
angles strongly produced, black, robust, their apices acute and
slightly upturned, the whole surface coarsely punctate, with a
central longitudinal levigate line on anterior half ; scutellum trans-
versely wrinkled and coarsely punctate, a small spot near each basal
angle and the apical margin ochraceous, the apical area abruptly
narrowed ; corium with the basal fourth of costal margin ochraceous ;
membrane hyaline ; abdomen above black, connexivum ochraceous
with black ringlets at the sutures ; body beneath pale ochraceous,
sparingly punctate, spiracles black ; legs testaceous ; rostrum
reaching the posterior coxae.

Length 9 ; breadth between pronotal angles 6| millim.

STACHYOMIA. 441

Hah. Kumaou ; Bhiui Tal.

I possess a single specimen of this species which may be placed
near G. jrroducta, Dist. The spinous prouotal angles separate it
from any other species here enumerated, and give it an appearance
of belonging to the genus Aspavia.

Genus STACHYOMIA.

Stachyomia, Stdl, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1870, p. 628 ; id. En. Hem. v,
p. 89 (] 870).

Type, S. vuhierabilis, from the Philippines.

Distribution. Oriental and Malayan Eegions.

Body broadly ovate, short, broad, convex beneath ; head short,
strongly deflected, lateral margins more or less coneavely sinuate,
central lobe a little longer than the lateral lobes and moderately
projecting ; ocelli near eyes ; rostrum slightly passing the posterior
coxae ; antennae little more than half the length of the body, basal
joint not reaching apex of head; pronotum convex, before middle
strongly deflected, anterior margin not callously elevated, lateral
angles spinulosely produced ; scutellum moderately convex, a little
shorter than the corium, apex broad, lateral margins sinuate near
middle ; prosternum simple ; mesosternum distinctly carinate
odoriferous apertures slender, long, transverse; abdomen a little
broader than the hemelytra; legs of moderate length, unarmed;
posterior tarsi with the iirst joint short, first and second together
about equal in length to that of apical joint.

Alhed to Hoplistodera, from which it may be separated by the
carinate mesosternum.

2722. Stachyomia thamada, sp. n.

Head above flavescent, smooth, shining, the lateral areas
testaceous, darkly punctate, extreme lateral margins and the

Fig. 265. — Stachyomia thamada.

margins of the lateral lobes black ; pronotum shining testaceous,
coarsely darkly punctate, the lateral margins broadly, a large
spot on the anterior disk, and some transverse spots between the

VOL, IV, 2 G

442 APPENDIX. PENTATOMIDjE.

lateral angles flavescent, callous, smooth and shining; scutellum
pale testaceous, witli two somewhat large basal spots and two
similar spots on each lateral margin black, a few black punctures
on disk, and some coarsely prominent ones on the posterior lateral
margins ; corium pale tawny-brown, thickly punctate ; membrane
pale hyaline shaded with pale fuscous ; connexivum ochraceous
with prominent kblac spots ; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous,
a spot at lateral margins of mesosternum, spots to lateral margin
of abdomen beneath, the basal spot largest, and a spot on anal
segment, black; pronotal angles spinously transversely produced,
subsanguineous, their apices black ; pronotum with a pale central
longitudinal line ; antennse flavescent, second joint shorter than
third.

Length 6| ; breadth between pronotal angles 5 millim.

Hah. Burma; Eaugoon (Coll Dist.).

Alhed to S. hiteonaria, Dist., but differing by the less sinuate
lateral margins of the pronotum, shorter pronotal spines, different
markings to the scutellum, &c.

HOPLISTODEEA BECURTA, Dist. (Vol. I, p. 178.)

I have seen more specimens of this species since I described it,
and there is a not infrequent varietal form in which there are two
large dark spots very narrowly divided on the apical area of the
scutellum.

To the habitat given may be added Nepal.

EUEYDEMA LITURIFERFM, Walk. (Yol. I, p. 191.)

In addition to the varieties of this variable species, Bred din
(Wien. ent. Zeit. xxvi, p, 94, 1907) has described two other forms
from Kashmir, to which we think he has unnecessarily given
distinct names, viz. liypomelan and Jiypopcedlum.

Genus PARASTRACHIA.

Parastrachia, Dist. Tr. E. S. 1883, p. 424 ; Schout. Wtjtsm. Gen. Ins.

fasc. lii, p. 54 (1907).
Asopus, Horv. {nee Silh.) Termesz. Fiizetek, xxii, p. 374 (1899).
Amyotea, Horv, nee Ellendr. torn. cit.

Type, P. japonensis, Scott, from Japan.

Distribution. Eastern Palsearctic and Oriental Regions.

Body elongate and ovate ; head large, the lateral lobes longer
than the central lobe, not meeting m front, the lateral margins
slightly amphated and very strongly reflexed ; antennae with the
basal joint passing the apex of the head ; pronotum with the lateral
margins reflexed, the anterior latei'al margins ampliated, the anterior
angles subacute, the posterior angles somewhat broadly rounded
and subprominent ; scutellum long, the lateral margins almost
straight, the apex attenuated, the basal portion moderately gibbous

PABASTRACHIA.

443

from which a centra], longitudinal robust carination extends to near
apex ; corium m ith the lateral margins moderately convex ;
membrane passing the apex of the abdomen ; rostrum passing the
posterior coxae, basal joint very slightly passing base of head;
abdomen with a prominent central longitudinal ridge, but without
•d basal spine.

Dr. Horviith (siq^m), probably without examining anything but
a mutilated specimen, stated that the genus really belonged to the
Asopinae and to the genus Asojnis = Amyotea. Dr. Schouteden
has already shown (supra) that Asojms and Amyotea are distinct
genera, and have nothing to do with Parastrachia, which he also
considers I rightly placed in the Pentatominse.

2723. Parastrachia nagaensis, sp. u.

Body above testaceous-red ; antennae, eyes, base of head, a large
transverse discal spot on anterior area of pronotum, scutellum
(excluding apex), inner basal margin of clavus, a rounded discal spot
to corium and membrane (excluding apical and lateral margins)
black; body beneath testaceous-red ; rostrum, legs, disk of sternum,
and transverse fasciae to abdominal segments, black ; second joint of
antennae very much longer than the third joint, fifth joint mutilated

Fig. 2Q6.— Parastrachia nagaensis.

in the four specimens now before me ; pronotum sparsely, corium
more thickly finely ])unctate ; scutellum transversely striate, its
central base levigate, the posterior central carination very robust.

Length 16 to 19 millim.

Hah. Assam ; Niiga Hills (DoJierty).

Allied to the Japanese P. japonensis, Scott, but differing struc-
turally by the much greater length of the second joint of the
antennae compared with that of the third, the more globose base
of head, &e.

2g2

444 APPEXDIX. — PENTATOMID.E.

Genus PLACOSTERNUM. (YoL I, p. 209.)

2724. Placosternum bos, Dist. Ami. Soc. Ent. Belg. l, p. 406 (1906).

Above ochraceous, punctured and mottled with black : antennae
ochraeeous, apices of fourth and fifth joints black, second and third
joints black, their bases ochraceous, third and fourth joints longest
and subequal in length : head with scattered coarse black punctures,
its surface and anterior area and lateral angles of pronotum palely
testaceous ; pronotum rugulose, coarsely blackly punctate, some of
the punctures confluent on basal half and there forming four ir-
regular spots, a longitudinal ridge on central disk, lateral angles
broadly produced, their apices truncate, toothed anteriorly and
posteriorly, the anterior tooth preceded by a sulcus, lateral margins
coarsely serrate ; scutellum very coarsely punctate at base, more
finely punctate beyond base where it is very distinctly depressed,
the disk testaceous ; corium thickly blackly punctate, excepting a
nearly impunctate lateral space a little beyond base, and some
confluent punctate spots on its apical area ; membrane bronzy-
brown, the veins more or less suffused with black ; connexivum
blackly punctate, the apical segmental angles black ; body beneath
and legs ochraceous. blackly punctate, disks of meso- and meta
sterna, and a longitudinal central abdominal iascia, black ; coxa? and
bases of femora impunctate, lateral margins of abdomen with more
or less well defined ochraceous spots ; rostrum reaching the inter-
mediate coxfe.

Length 20 ; breadth between pronotal angles 16 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Maskeliya (G^/-m?).

Allied to P. unis, Stal, but larger, more elongate, scutellum more
strongly basally depressed, head with the apices of the lateral lobes
much more rounded and upwardly recurved, the produced pronotal
angles with their apices spinously produced both anteriorly and
posteriorly.

GLAUCIAS to replace Zangis. (Vol. I, p. 221.)

The generic name Zangis having recently been found to be pre-
occupied, Kirkaldy (Entomologist, 1908, p. 124) has proposed
Glaucias as a substitute, and this must now be used.

Genus MENIDA. (Vol. I, p. 226.)
2725. Menida pundaluoyae, sp. n.

Subelongate, shape and form of M.-flavoria, Dall. Head pale
ochraceous, with the lateral margins and four longitudinal series of
punctures black, thus defining five longitudinal pale ochraceous
areas ; pronotum pale ochraceous, sparingly coarsely brov\ uly
punctate, with two transverse callous spots margined with black

MENIDA. 445

punctures neai' anterior margin ; scutellum pale ochraceous, a large
triangular basal spot, a few scattered punctures, and a spot on
lateral margins before apex piceous ; corium pale ochraceous, thickly
brownly punctate ; membrane hjaline, reflecting the dark abdomen
beneath ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, the first with a central
macular and sometimes a sublateral fascia on each side, and the
spiracles black; apex of rostrum black, just passing intermediate
coxae ; antennte ochraceous, second and third joints shorter than
fourth and fifth ; abdominal basal spine long, reaching the inter-
mediate coxae.

Length 6 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Pundaluoya (6r/*(36)i).

2726. Menida wellawayae, Dist. Aim. Soc Ent. Belg. l, p. 407 (1906).

Ochraceous, thickly blackly punctate ; head thickly blackly
punctate, with five longitudinal levigate fasciae on anteocular area,
two on postocular area inside ocelli, and one at inner margin of
eyes, which are castaneous with their margins ochraceous; pro-
notum with the anterior and lateral margins narrowly ochraceously
levigate, the black punctures in many places confluent, and with
two shining black transverse spots punctately margined on anterior
area ; scutellum ochraceous with castaneous markings, with a large
black spot on basal area, and with two contiguous black spots on
apical area, the apical margin ochraceously levigate ; corium darkly
punctate, a spot on disk and the apical area black ; membrane
greyish, its basal area black ; body beneath and legs ochraceous,
sternum and abdomen with a broad submarginal black fascia, anal
segment black, with three ochraceous spots ; rostrum reaching the
intermediate coxae ; antennae with the third joint slightly longer
than the second, fourth and fifth longest and subequal in length ;
ventral spine long, reaching the intermediate coxae.

Length 6 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Wellawaya (G^rt'c?i).

Allied to M. Jabecula, Dist. in shape and form.

2727. Menida cingalensis, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. l, p. 407 (1906).
Head, pronotum and scutellum castaneous, finely thickly
punctate : head thickly blackly punctate, with the anteocular area
ochraceous, the margins of the lobes and central punctures on lateral
lobes castaneous, inner margins of eyes and five longitudinal fasciae
on postocular area ochraceously levigate ; pronotum with anterior
and lateral margins narrowly ochraceously levigate, ^-ith two
transverse dark fasciae each containing two small ochraceous spots
on anterior ai-ea ; apical margin of scutellum creamy-white ; corium
pale ochraceous, darkly punctate, apical marginal area castaneous ;
membrane hyaline with fuscous suffusion at base ; body beneath
and legs ochraceous, lateral areas of sternum and abdomen
castaneous or black, sixth and anal abdominal segments castaneous

446 APPENDIX. — PENTATOMID^.

or black : antennae ochraceous, third joint a little longer than
second, fourth and fifth joints longest and subequal in length ;
ventral spine reaching posterior coxae ; rostrum reaching posterior
coxse.

Length 6 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Peradeniya (G^?vm).

In shape and form allied to the preceding species.

Subfamily ASOPIN^E. (Vol. I, p. 243.)

Genus CAZIRA. (Vol. I, p. 245.)

2728. Cazira bhoutanica, Schout. Ann. Soc Ent. Bely. 11, p. 39
(1907) : id. (subgen. Metacazira) Wytsm. Gen. Ins. fasc. lii,
p. 23 (1907).

Body above brownish-ochraceous ; basal area of head between
the eyes black, divided medianly by a brownish-ochraceous line ;
anterior area of the pronotum black, the anterior and lateral
margins and the callosities brownish-ochraceous ; scutelluni dis-
cally strongly perpendicularly gibbous, black in front, ochraceous
behind, the apical area paler ochraceous, darkly punctate ; corium
brownish-ochraceous, darkly punctate, with a large discal vio-
laceous-black spot ; membrane piceous, interior and outer margins
partially but broadly palely brownish-grey ; body beneath viola-
ceous-black, prosternum mostly ochraceous ; margins of meso- and
metasterna and a longitudinal spot on each lateral area ochraceous ;
abdomen with the spii'acles surrounded with an ochraceous ring,
the anal segment ochraceous with a violaceous-black spot ; legs
ochraceous annulated with violaceous-black, anterior dilated tibiae
violaceous-black with an ochraceous spot at base ; antennae more
or less piceous ; pronotum with a distinct central tubercle near
base ; scutellum with the disk strongly perpendicularly gibbous,
its posteriorly raised apex terminating in two compressed lobes.

Length inch membrane 9-5 to 10"75 millim.

Hah. Bhutan (fode Schouteden) : Piykotgovo {Brit. IIus.).

2729. Cazira breddini, Schout. Ann. Soc Ent. Bely. li, p. 41 (1907) ;
id. (subo'en. Metacazira) Wytsm. Gen. Ins. fasc. lii, p. 23

(1907).

" Flavescent, more or less pale or tinted with brown, the punc-
turation brown or blackish, the head black as far as before the eyes
with the exception of a median band and a callosity along each eye
anteriorly ; pronotum mostly uniformly dark, the medial carination
pale ; scutellum mostly uniformly dark, especially the basal half.

BREDDIXIELLA. 447

the tops of the gibbosities often pale ; corium darker in the costal
area, the disk with a posterior somewhat small brown or blackish-
brown spot; membrane bro^\n, excepting each edge and a mar-
ginal convex spot at the internal edge ; connexivum brown or
greenish-black, with a metallic reflection more or less accentuated,
the apical part of the segments pale ; mesosternum laterally
black ; abdomen beneath, on disk at least, of a brilliant black
tinted w'ith metallic green — often also the fourth and filth seg-
ments, sometimes also the third, are uniformly outwardly so (or
marked with black), the black coloration of the disk extends less
outwardly on these segments than on the preceding ones, the
sixth segment black from the base only to the middle ; stigmata
dark ; the basal spine always pale (sometimes the disk is spotted
on the third segment with flavescent) ; the anterior legs have their
front pale flavescent, the top of the tibial dilatation black (more
or less) in the distal half ; the front of the posterior legs, contrary
to the femora and tibiae, is of a brilliant black with metallic green,
violaceous or blue reflections, the top of the tibial dilatation
flavescent from the base to about the middle ; anterior tarsi black
or blackish-brown with the exception of a spot on the first joint,
the second joint entirely and the base of the third ; intermediate
and posterior legs more or less strongly dark, the femora w itb the
apical part (except the apex of the same above) and a submedian
or ' ponemedian ' annulation (posterior femora) flavescent, the
tibia with the base of a ' ponemedian ' annulation flavescent, the
apex of a deeper colour; antennae brown, the first joint darkened
in part, the fourth of a deep pitchy-brown, except at the base, the
fifth of a piceous brown or black, the basal part flavescent."'
{Schouteden.)*

" Length inch membrane 9-11 millim."*

Hah. Bhutan ; Maria-Basti {fide Schouteden).

I have not seen this species.

Genus BREDDINIELLA.

Breddiniella, Schout. An7i. Soe. Ent. BeUj. li, p. 44 (1907) ; id.
WyUm. Gen. Insect, fasc. Ill, p. 23 (1907).

Type, B. insignis, Schout.

Distribution. Bhutan.

" The body is fairly convex (moderate otherwise) above and
below; head shorter than the pronotum, a little convex at base,
central and lateral lobes almost of the same length, the lateral
lobes angularly rounded at apices, a little concave, lateral margins

* Schoutedeu also gives a lengthy structural diaguosis, of which our space
and method dnes not allow the reproduction.

448 APPENDIX. — PENTATOMID.^.

reflexed, distinctly sinuate, leaving the insertion of the antennae
visible above ; eyes a little prominent, contiguous to the pro-
notum ; rostrum reaching the base of the abdomen, not very
robust, second joint shorter than the following joined together,
subequal to the fourth taken alone, which is distinctly longer
than the third ; antennae of five joints, simple, first joint almost
reaching the apex of the head, second slightly shorter than the
third ; pronotum more than twice as broad as long, with smooth
projections and pads formed in regular pattern, anterior angles
prolonged into a kind of robust spine directed a little obliquely
iu front, receiving inwardly the eyes, the anterior lateral margins
distinctly sinuated about the middle, the anterior part curved
outwardly, with a marginal carination effaced behind, but w-ell
accentuated on the anterior convex portion where it forms some
obtusely projecting teeth, lateral angles sinuated somewhat pro-
foundly, prolonged in front in a long acute spine directed trans-
versely (a little oblique anteriorly) ; posterior angles dentate ;
scutellum longer than broad, the apical portion broad (broader
than the corium at apex), rounded, the sides scarcely convergent,
in the basal angles a distinct impression, bordered inwardly by a
strongly distinct callosity which is also connected to a spiniform
projection which is found near the median line, the two pro-
jections are joined together at base, forming an elevated pad which
bears two acute spines with a little divergence between them ;
elytra long, the membrane strongly passing the abdominal apex ;
cerium longer than the scutellum, leaving the connexivum out-
wardly exposed ; orifices prolonged in a somewhat short furrow
elevated and callous, the furrow itself is not otherwise visible
towards the base and appears as continuing by a non-excavate
callosity ; mesosternum with a median carination not very
accentuated ; legs with the anterior femora armed with a strong
acute spine ; intermediate and posterior femora unarmed but
exhibiting, however, before the apex a sort of very obtuse pro-
jection ; anterior tibise a little curved at apex, strongly dilated
above from the basal third; intermediate and posterior tibiae not
furrowed on the upper front, subrounded, or with a slight
depression at the apex ; abdomen beneath a little prominent at the
base, the apical portion of segments 2-5, as a matter of fact,
projecting outwardly in a strong tubercle or spine ' mousse,'
angles of the sixth segment a little prominent ; ' des plages soy-
euses ' in the S •" (ScJiouteden.)

2730. Breddiniella insignis, Schout. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely. 11, p. 45
(1907) ; id. WyUm. Gen. Ins. fasc. lii, p. 24, t. ii, fig. 6 (1907).

" Head of a brilliant hlack with a median callous flavesceut
longitudinal line enlarged at the base as far as the base of the
central lobe, lateral lobes a little wrinkled and punctate,
between the ocelli and the median line two longitudinal series

BBEDDINIELLA.

449

of distinct points, some points uniformly behind the ocelli ;
bucculse flavescent ; antennas with the first joint piceous-brown,
as is the base of the second, that and the thu-d brownish, their
articulation flavescent, as is the apex of the third which exhibits
a more or less short anteapical brown annulation, fourth joint
piceous, the base paler, extreme apex pale, fifth joint pieeous with
more than a third of its base flavescent ; rostrum brownish-
flavescent, the apex dark ; pronotum with a callous carination, the
median portion a little before the base and reaching the anterior
margin forms a glossy pad, this carination is more pronounced
and enlarged in front between the cicatrices and behind at its
commencement where it forms a transverse tubercle which is
a little continued to each margin
by a feeble uniformly tufted cal-
losity, the median carination is again
enlarged but less strongly to a little
distance of each of two dilatations
to be indicated, and these points
proceed in a uniform manner to the
glossy pads, of which the anterior is
situated level with the transverse
line meeting the humeral spines ; the
posterior pad subtransverse, in-
clining to the level of the external
edge of the spines of the scutellum, a
branch leading to a reunion with the
tufted subbasal callosity, a little ele-
vated and level with the basal angles
of the scutellum it is directed poste-
riorly to terminate by the posterior
teeth of the pronotum ;• the anterior pud is directeda little behind,
anastomosing: to the posterior pad, forming also a small cell close
to each edge of the median line, a little continued transversely
' en s'efla^ant un peu et ' forming a second cell, terminating in it^
fusion with a callous zone tied again to the posterior pad (in its
external part) and the part 'extracicatricielle' of the anterior lobe
of the pronotum, which is convex and -uniformly glossy ; the pro-
notum is for the greater part flavescent, sometimes tinted with
brownish, the parts comprised between the base, the tufted sub-
basal and the pads which are accordingly depressed are brownish
and the puncturation strongly brown, at the base of the humeral
spines there is a very feeble puncturation, some points ' peuvent '
also mark a transverse line uniting the lateral sinus, finally a
seriesof distinct points mark the posterior margin, at least "the
cicatrices and a Hne bordering behind the callous anterior margin,
the cicatrices are of a brilliant black, with slight green reflections;
scutellum with the strong projection as well as the angular cal-
losities, a median band continued to the basal gibbosities and two
commencements of parallel bands level with the spines, also the

Fig. 267. — Breddmiella insignis.

450 APPENDIX. — PENTATOMID.E.

apical edge entirely or nearly so, glossy, flavescent, sometimes
tinted with brownish ; in the anterior depressions of the basal
gibbosities the scutellumis black, therefore on the median line (at
the point of contact and fusion of two spiniform projections), in
the angles and level with the glossy tuft uniting the angular
callosities to the median projections, laterally bet\^"een the glossy
median bands and ' en arriere,' the scutellum exhibits a strong
brownish or brown puncturation, more or less shining ; corium of
a brownish-flavescent or olivaceous tint, sometimes in part of a
clear green (it is seldom the normal coloration ?), a little piceous
outwardly, the puncturation distinctly brownish, more so on the
disk which is ornamented a little behind the middle by a large
impunctate spot of a piceous or brownish-piceous coloration ;
membrane either with the veins broadly marked with brown in
the median zone (little or hardly outwardly) and when the two
membranes are superposed in repose have thus the aspect of a
brown median band, distally enlarged; connexivum brown, more
or less shining, excepting the level of the marginal tubercles and
the extreme external margin where it is .flavescent, puncturation
distinct, tubercles glossy ; sternum inwardly of a brilliant black or
piceous, a little tinted with green, the hips, furrows, the external
part, and the posterior area of the segments on the contrary
flavescent, or more often tinted more or less strongly with
brownish ; the anterior external part of the presternum is callous,
as well as a more or less distinct straight band separating from
each edge of the sternum the external flavescent zone of the
interior dark zone ; legs flavescent, the femora having the basal
half as well as an anteapical annulation either level with the
spine or the convexity replacing it, the tibiae having an antemedian
annulation and the extremity darkened, the anterior tibiae have
the distal half of a fine shining violaceous black, or blue, or green ;
tarsi with the first joint uniformly darkened to the apex, the last
joint black, excepting the base ; abdomen beneath piceous, more
or less deep, tending to black (on the suture of the segments), the
base (excepting the median projection) of a brilliant black, from
each edge a large lateral zone and the sixth segment, excepting
at the base, flavescent or brownish-flavescent, more or less callous,
either wholly or less glossy and scarcely punctate as usual ; the
brown disk is more distinctly punctate outwardly, the puncturation
effaced near the median line, it exhibits moreover from each edge
a short and straight flavescent band, on the fourth segment and
the distal part of the third, a little near an equal distance from
the external border and the median line, which is at the same time
often paler. S and $ .'" (Schouteden.)

" Length with membrane 10-5 to 11-5 millim."

Hab. Bhutan ; Maria-Basti (Jlde Schouteden).

I have been unable to abbreviate the some\\hat lengthy
diagnosis of Schouteden, not having seen the species.

CAXTIIECONA. 4ol

Genus CANTHECONA. (Vol. I, p. 248.)
Cantheconidea, Schout. Wytsm. Gen. Ins. fasc. lii, p. 44 (1907).
Dr. Schouteden has proposed Cantheconidea for the reception of
the Eastern species hitherto included in Canthecona.

2731. Canthecona ornatiila, sp. n.

Head, pronotum and scutellum almost entirely shining metallic
green ; head about as long as breadth between outer margins of
eyes, very coarsely punctate, the lateral areas transversely
wrinkled as well as punctate, basal area between the ocelli smooth
but centrally coarsely punctate, lateral margins profoundly con-
cavely sinuate, their apices convexly rounded but widely separated
in front of lateral lobes, on disk of central lobe a short ochraceous
line ; antennae ochraceous, third and fourth joints with their
apical halves fuscous, basal joint extending about half the distance
between eyes and apex, second and fourth joints subequal in
length, each a Httle longer than third ; fifth joint mutilated in
type ; pronotum about half as long as breadth between pronotal
angles, coarsely rugulosely punctate, the anterior lateral margins
moderately rounded where the edges are ochraceous and finely
crenulate, a central levigate median longitudinal line on each side
of which before anterior margin is a smooth transverse brown
callous spot which is centrally coarsely punctate, the posterior
angles robustly angularly produced, projecting transversely, their
apices testaceous ; scutellum more finely punctate than on head
or pronotum, strongly depressed at about middle, a spot near
each basal angle and the apex pale ochraceous, an irregular
central longitudinal almost impunctate brownish line, not extend-
ing through the ochraceous apex which is only very sparingly
punctate ; corium pale piceous-brown, the outer apical area
purplish, the costal area very coarsely greenly punctate, apical
area coarsely concolorously punctate, discal area somewhat closely
finely darkly punctate ; membrane considerably passing apex of
abdomen, fuscous-brown; a large irregular pale spot on both
inner and outer margins ; body beneath and legs shining ochra-
ceous, margins of head beneath, anterior margin and lateral areas
of prosternum, two central smooth spots to mesosternum between
the anterior and intermediate coxae, and lateral margins to meta-
sternum and abdomen beneath metallic green ; sternum more or
less coarsely punctate ; femora finely spotted with piceous-brown;
rostrum reaching the posterior coxae, ochraceous, with the apical
joint castaneous ; base of abdomen \Aith a very prominent basal
spine, extending bet^-een the posterior coxae, while between the
anterior and intermediate coxae the edges of the metasternum
are very faintly raised ; tibial distinctly furrowed (anterior legs
mutilated in typical specimen).

Length S inch membrane 14; breadth between pronotal angles
7 millim.

Hah. Darjeeling {Coll. Dist.).

452

ArP£>DlX. PENTATOMID.B.

2732. Canthecona humeralis, sp. n.

Head about as long as breadth between the outer margins of
eyes, with longitudinal series of wrinkled metallic green punc-
tures, situate on the outer and inner margins of the lateral lobes,
and on the basal area of the central lobe ; antenna) pale testaceous,
basal joint reaching very little more than halfway between its base
and apex of head, second, thii'd,and fourth joints almost subequal
in length ; pronotum less than half the breadth between apices of
lateral angles, ochraceous-brown with metallic green shadings,
the anterior lateral areas, anterior margins, two transverse callous
spots on anterior area, and a central longitudinal line ochraceous,
very coarsely and darkly punctate, the lateral angles very strongly
transversely produced, rugosely punctate, slightly toothed behind
before apices which are subacute and purplish black ; scutellum
metallic green, coarsely punctate, anterior and lateral margins
(narrowly), an oblique line near each basal angle, and the apex
(broadly) pale ochraceous, the latter very sparsely darkly punc-
tate ; corium purplish-green, thickly and finely punctate, the
costal area thickly produced and wrinkled Mith metallic green ;
membrane fuscous-brown, with a large pale spot on inner and
outer margins ; body beneath and legs ochraceous ; lateral pronotal
spines beneath (entirely) and the lateral areas of sternum and
abdomen (more or less) metallic green and punctate; apices of
posterior femora piceous-brown, and a central spot of the same
colour to the last abdominal segment ; rostrum about reaching the
posterior coxae, ochraceous, with its apical joint castaneous ;
abdomen with a short basal spine between the intermediate and
posterior coxae, the mai-gins of the metasternum prominently
raised and carinate ; anterior femora strongly spiued near their
extremities.

Length c? inch membrane 15 ; breadth between pronotal angles
10 millim.

Hub. Tenasserim; Mergui {Coll. List.).

Cakthecoica cognata. (Vol. I, p. 250.)

Cantheconidea javana, Sellout, {nee Dall.) Wytsm. Gen. Ins. fasc.
lii, p. 45 (1907).

Schouteden in sinking cognata as a synonym of javana has over-
looked the structural differences I gave in my original description,
and which are constant in a larger series of each species now
contained in my collection.

"Very closely allied to C. javana, Dall., and in general appear-
ance perfectly resembling that species, but differing in having the
produced lateral angles of the pronotum almost straight, and not
curved and directed forwardly, and with rheir apices obtusely and
not long and acutely spinous as in the Javan species." {Distant.)

453

Genus PICROMERUS. (Vol. I, p. 251.)

PlcnoMERUS GRISEUS, Dall. (Canthecona) List Hem. i, p. 92 (18ol);

Schout. Wytsm. Gen. Ins. fasc. lii, p. 25 (1907).
Picromerus obtusus, Walk. (Vol. i, p. 252, fig. 159).

The unlocalized species described by Dallas as Canthecona
grisea must take priority in nomenclature over that of Walker.

ANDRALLUS to replace Audinetia. (Vol. I, p. 252.)

The generic name Audinetia having recently been found to be
preoccupied, Bergroth (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xlix, p. 370 (1906)),
has proposed Andrallus as a substitute, and this must now be
used.

Genus INCITATUS, nov.

Type, /. primus., Dist.

Distribution. British India.

Obovoid, elongate, gradually narrowing posteriorly ; head elongate
but shorter than the pronotum, the lateral lobes longer than the
central lobe, towards apex a little convexly foliaceous, at middle
concavely sinuate, eyes contiguous to the pronotum ; rostrum
robust and reaching the posterior coxae, second joint scarcely
longer than the third ; antennoe with five joints, the first not
reaching the extremity of the head, second longest, third, fourth
and fifth subequal in length ; pronotum about twice as broad as
long, the lateral angles strongly produced, apically subtruncate,
convex above, apically concave beneath, the anterior lateral
margins crenulate ; scutellum a little longer than the pronotum,
about as long as breadth at base, obliquely straight to apical area
which is convexly longitudinally continued; hemelytra longly
passing the abdominal apex, membrane as long as corium,
elongately narrowed ; mesosternum with a slightly elevated central
carination a little widened anteriorly ; femora unarmed ; anterior
tibiffl with a distinct slender spine beyond middle ; base of
abdomen with a short central obtuse spine.

Alhed to Ifartinia, Schout. from Thibet, from which it differs
by the shorter scutellum, different structure of the pronotal
angles, &c.

2733. Incitatus primus, sp. n.

Head metallic-green, coarsely punctate, the central lobe ochra-
ceous and less thickly punctate ; antennae black, the basal joint
and an apical annulation to fourth joint ochraceous ; pronotum
ochraceous, excluding anterior area thickly castaneously punctate,
the lateral produced angles castaneous above; scutellum ochraceous,

454

APPEXDIX. PENTATOMID.i:.

coarsely blackly punctate, the apex stramineous and impunctate,
a subnodulose ochraceous spot near each basal angle; corium
ochraceous, coarsely blackly punctate ; membrane centrally longi-
tudinally piceous, the lateral margins broadly greyish ; body

Fig. 2(58. — Incitatus primus.

beneath and legs ochraceous ; mesosternum with two central
longitudinal metallic-green spots; sternum sparingly coarsely
punctate, abdomen much more obscurely punctate ; connexivum
ochraceous.

Length S 15 ; breadth between pronotal angles 9 millim.

Hah. Dikran Valley {Coll. DisL).

Genus PSEUDANASIDA.

Pseudanasida, ScJiout. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely. li, p. 38 (1907) ; id.
Wytsm. Gen. Ins. fase. lii, p. 26 (1907).

Type, P. fallax, Schout.

Distribution. British India.

" Body subovoid, more convex beneath than above ; head much
shorter than the pronotum, about as broad with the eyes as long,
nearly smooth above, the apex broadly rounded, central and lateral
lobes of equal length *, lateral margins moderately profoundly
sinuate ; eyes not projecting, contiguous to the pronotura ;
rostrum robust, reaching the metasternum, second joint subequal
to the following joints united, fourth almost twice equal to the
preceding ; antennae of live joints, simple, first joint not i-eaching
the apex of the head, second a little shorter than the third ;
pronotum less than twice as broad as long, anterior lateral margins
a little thinner, distinctly crenulate and sinuate, bent outwardly
and in front, anterior angles not projecting, lateral angles a little
prominent, posterior angles dentate ; scutellum longer than broad
at base, the apical area clearly straight, the apex rounded, basal

* In Schouteden's figure the lateral lobes appear to be longer.

PSEUDANASIDA. 455

angles depressed; elytra passing by a little the apex of the
abdomen, leaving the connexivum exposed ; corium longer than the
scutellum; orifices situated strongly, inwardly, near the inter-
mediate hips, and continued in a long linear furrow to the margins,
not elevated ; mesosternum with a distinct carination enlarged
before and behind ; legs with the anterior femora exhibiting before
the apex a small, somewhat obtuse spine, tibiae with a distinct
furrow; abdomen beneath obtusely prominent at base, apical
angles of the segments not projecting." (ScJwutedeu.)

2734. Pseudanasida fallax, Sckout. Ann. Soc Ent. Bclg. 11, p. 38
(1907); id. Wrjtsm. Gen. Ins. fasc. Hi, p. 26, t. ii, f. 4 (1907).

" Entirely black, very uniformly bronzy, more or less brilliant
(the femora more so) ; corium, however, unpolished with the
exception of the subcostal vein ; the femora at base and above
inclining to piceous ; head exhibiting at base a small median
fiavous spot close to the anterior margin of the pronotum ; head,
pronotum and scutellum densely (the head chiefly) reticulately
punctate ; the head at basal area does not, however, exhibit the

Fig. 269. — Pscudcoiamla faUax.

dense puncturation but only on the median line and on the lines
before the ocelli, between these and the eyes it is also nearly glossy ;
pronotum a little depressed sublaterally, the disk less densely
punctuate, the median line is also distinctly glossy, the i^osterior
angles form a projecting angle and are dentate ; the puncturation
of the corium is somewhat regular, more sparsely behind, a little
profound ; connexivum finely reticulately punctate ; the back of
the abdomen (seen laterally at least) is of a fine brilliant bluish-
green ; on the sternum the puncturation is sparse and strono-,
excepting on the hips where it is more dense and less profound
and laterally to the presternum and metasternum ; the furrow of
the orifices is directed obliquely in front after the middle of the

456 APPENDIX. PEJfTATOMID.i.

metapleura, its mai'gins are neither elevated nor callous, near the
anterior margin the surface is uniformly rugose, without punctu-
ration or to a feeble extent ; the femora are indefinitely punctate ;
abdomen beneath, except medianly, is covered with a kind of fine
wrinkles, and distinctly but not densely punctate, more feebly so
on the margins, it exhibits slight bluish reflections, medianly it is
nearly completely glossy ; the outlines of the stigmata and a small
spot situated behind them and continued towards the disk are
impunctate and without wrinkles ; antenaae with the second joint
distinctly shorter than the third, that and the fourth subequal."
(^Schouteden.)

"Length $ incl. membrane 18; breadth between pronotal angles
9 millim.

Hah. Trichinopoly (Jide ScJiouteden).

I have not seen this species and have reproduced Schouteden's
description and figure.

Genus AMYOTEA to replace Asopus. (Vol. I, p. 254.)

I placed Amyotea, Ellenr. (1862) as a synonym of Asopus,
Burm. (1834), as was generally done by systematists. Schouteden
has recently pointed out that Burmeister's genus is not the same
as that formerly proppsed under the same name (Silb. Eev. Ent.
vol. ii, 1834). Amyotea must therefore take precedence.

Subfamily TESSARATOMINtE. (Vol. I, p. 256.)

Under this subfamily cf. remarks {ante p. 420) as to the proper
location of the genus Eumenotes, Westw.

Genus MESOLEA.
Mesolea, Bredd. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxi', p. 99 (1902).

Type, M. pedestris, Bredd.

Distribution. IVorthern India.

" Head small, somewhat longer than breadth between the eyes,
lateral lobes converging, before the central lobe contiguous, apices
minutely rounded ; prouotum both lougitudinally and transversely
subconvex, the post-humeral area much shorter than the ante-
humeral area, posterior angles rounded, humeral angles projecting in
a prominent acute tooth, the anterior lateral margins before middle
somewhat rounded, behind middle slightly sinuate, the anterior
angles obscurely rounded ; scutellum a little longer than broad at
base, distinctly carinate, the postfreual area broad, apex rounded ;
membranal suture outwardly rounded, inwardly sinuated, membrane
small (somewhat shortened ?), furnished with veins running from
the subbasal nerve ; abdomen broadly oval, on each side broadly
extending beyond the edge of the hemelytra, the apical angles of
the segments prominent as acuminate rectangular teeth ; abdomen
beneath apparently altogether destitute of a median cariuation,

MESOLEA. 457

tuberculous at base, if not obsoletely broadened, not elevated- meso-
sternum only slightly elevated, the elevation pentagonal, for'wardlv
obUquely ascendant, posteriorly straightly truncate, anteriorly
acuminate, extending to between the intermediate cox», the lateral
margins just before base subcarinately elevated, disk of meso-
sternum quite smooth, not elevated, posterior margin alone before
and betvyeen coxae filiformly elevated ; rostrum nearly reaching
the middle of mesosternum ; antennae with the first ioint distincth-
passing apex of head, second and fourth joints nearly equally lonjr
third shortest, fifth distinctly longer than first ; wngs small!
subrudimentary." (Breddin.) , » lax ,

I have not seen this genus, but it is apparently closely allied to
J\eosa/ica, Uist., founded on a Sumatran species in 1882."

2735. Mesolea pedestris, Bredd. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxi, p. 100 (1902).

" Opaque obsoletely punctate and rugulose, sordidly ochraceous-
brown ; abdomen and mesosternum ferruginous; antenn* wholly
p agula to middle of surface of head above (frequently obsolete)
anterior lateral margin of pronotum with the humeral dentati
angles, two impressed lateral lines ('cicatrices singulas ' inwardlv
terminating), two discal somewhat longitudinal incisions ' iusta-
positis pronoti,' scutellum with two carinate lines on each side
sequentibus,' the basal angles (including a small round ochraceous
spot and outwardly somewhat continued in a submarginal line)
also_ broad apical edge of corium towards basal costal area, broad
fasciae to connexivum occupying the incisures above and beneath,
two transverse impressed lines ' cicatriealibus ' to the abdomea
above, subimpressed punctures ' pseudoincisurarum extremitatem
exteriorem notantibus,' margins of the spiracles, a median band to
abdomen beneath composed of elongate spots, also edge of anal
segment of the female, evaporative area with other small spots to
pleura, legs (double bands to femora either internal or external
excepted), also rostrum and apex of head beneath, black or blackish-
membrane subsordidly ochraceous, the interior angle towards base'
intuscate.

" Antenn^ a little shorter than half the length of the bodv, first
joint than third (nearly third part) longer, second than fourth
scarcely longer, fifth than third twice longer." (Breddin \
" Length 22| to 27i millim."
Hah. Sikhim {fide Breddin).

I have not seen this species. Dr. Breddin as ' Oberlehrer an
der latem- describes m a classical latinity, rather above the usual
dog-latin of most poor naturalists ; certain expressions in the above
diagnosis I have therefore reproduced as written

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458

APPEX DIX. PENTATOMID.I:.

Genus AURUNGABADA.
Aurungabada, Dist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. l, p. 408 (1906).

Type, A. singularis, Dist.

Distribution. Bombay.

Head longer than pronotum, longer than broad, deeply trans-
versely incised between eyes, the lateral lobes broad and
subangularly ampliate, about as long as the central lobe which is
prominent, the anteocular much longer than the postocular area,
ocelli situate on the posterior margin and much nearer eyes than
to each other ; antennae inserted at the extremity o£ a broad
groove in front of eyes, basal joint moderately thickened, not
reaching apex of head, third joint longest, fourth a little shorter
than fifth which has an apical hair-like appendage, fourth and
fifth joints distinctly suleate ; rostrum of three joints, just passing
posterior coxae ; pronotum short, its posterior margin straightly
truncate, its anterior margin grooved for the reception of the

Fig. 270.— Aurunga^/ada singularis.

head, the lateral areas somewhat broadly produced ; scutellum
slightly less than half the length of abdomen ; corium long,
membrane very short; posterior aud intermediate tibiae con-
siderably curved and bent, anterior tibiae a Httle dilated at apices,
all the tibiae strongly longitudinally suleate ; femora moderately
tbicKened, the intermediate and posterior slightly curved ; tarsi

EMPYSURUS. 4r)9

tbree-joiuted ; metastemal process short, grooved, not extendin<-
beyond the intermediate cox®. "^

The exposed spiracles of the basal segment of the abdomen
locates this singular genus in the Tessaratomin« ; it cannot well
be located m the Eusthenaria, and must form the type of a new
diA'ision.

2730. Aurungabada singularis, Bist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Behi. i„ p. 408
(1906). ' ' ^

Above pale testaceous, tlie eorium pale ochraoeous ; lateral
margins and central lobe to head, and lateral margins of pronotum
more or less carmine-red ; membrane somewhat purplish ; body
beneath and legs dull ochraceous, femora aud abdomen beneath
more or less sprinkled with small carmine-red spots ; antenna
ochraceous, third and fifth joints shaded with carmine-red, second
and fifth joints subequal in length ; anteocular portion of head
very coarsely punctate and rugulose, postocular area more finely
punctate; pronotum transversely rugulose, foveate at anterior
margin; scutellum transversely rugose; eorium thickly finely
punctate ; membrane with scaly laminate processes ; anal
appendage in S three-lobed, the lateral lobes curved.

Length 13 : exp. pronotal angles 7 milliin.

Hah. Bombay (Bivon).

Genus EMPYSUEUS.

Empysuriis, Martin, Bull. Mus. Paris, 1904, p. .315.
Mussafira, Oshan. Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Scl St. Petersb xii
p. 414 (1907). ■ " '

Type, E. depressiis, Martin.

Distribution. S. India; Ceylon.

Body depressed, subovate, anteriorly and posteriorly narrowed:
head with the lateral lobes broad, longly meeting in front of the
central lobe which is short and triangular, the ocelli on each side
of its basal margin ; antennte robustly five-jointed, basal ioint
short, not nearly reaching apex of head, second, fourth, and fifth
subequal m length and each longer than third; rostrum short
reaching the anterior coxae ; pronotum flatly anteriorly deflected'
narrowed to eyes, the lateral margins rounded, anterior marc^in
sinuate, posterior margin truncate ; scutellum large, subtriangufar
Its apex narrowed but apically truncate ; eorium not reaching the
lateral abdominal margins, the apical margin broadly irreo-ularly
rounded; membrane with numerous longitudinal veins'"- con-
nexivum broadly prominent ; abdomen beneath centrally ridoed on
each side of which it is obhquely deflected, a prominent^ abdo-
minal basal spine which enters the posterior cleft of a sternal

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460

APPENDIX. PENTATOMID.5:.

process placed between the intermediate and posterior coxae and
which is almost connected with another process situate between
the anterior and intermediate coxae.

2737. Empysurus depressus, Martin, Bull. Mus. Paris, 1904, p. 316.

Dull ochraceous with a slight olivaceous tint ; outer margins

of the lateral lobes paler
ochraceous before which is a
slio-htly piceous margin; pro-
notum more or less piceous
at basal margin; scutellura
rather brighter and paler in
hue; connexivum pale testa-
ceous ; antennae somewhat
discoloured and darker in
hue, joints as described in
generic diagnosis ; above very
thickly and finely punctate ;
membrane not quite reaching
apex of abdomen ; body
beneath more finely and indistinctly punctate than above ; other
characters as described in generic diagnosis.

Length 25 to 26 ; breadth between pronotal angles 12
millim.

llab. S. India; " Mt. Kodi.kanel and Trichinopoly " {fide
Martin).

I am indebted to the kindness of Prof. Bouvier for the oppor-
tunity of figuring this species, which was described by our late
colleague Joanny Martin.

Fig. 271. — Emjjysurus depressus.

2738. Empysurus johni, Oslmn. (Mussafira) Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad.
Imp. JSci. St. Petersb. xii, p. 416 (1907).

" Body bai'e, above thickly and finely punctate, especially the
hemelytra, but the scutellum is rather coarser and not so closely
punctata ; antennse yellowish-brown, joints cylindrical, only the
fourth joint somewhat depressed and provided with a slight gutta,
fourth "and whole of fifth very shortly bristled ; sides of head very
slightly expanded ; prouotum in middle of front border expanded,
front lateral borders outwardly bent, lateral angles rounded olf ,
posterior angles very obtuse, posterior niargni nearly straight ;
scutellum in basal angles with anon-punctate flat smooth triangle,
the part behind frena almost • quadrate, more sparingly punctate
than rest of surface ; opaque part of base of membrane narrow,
olive-gi'eeu ; membrane vitreous, uucoloured, the veins at the
base in tlie chitinous part of membrane indistinct, and conse-
quently the question as to their origin cannot be answered,
although the presence of small meshes on the border of the

EMPYSUBUS.

461

opaque part makes it very probable that the veins originally
sprang from a series of cells ; the greatest breadth of the abdomen
is somewhere between the tips of the third segment and is there
considerably longer than at the lateral angles o£ the pronotum ;
connexivum very broad, from base of second segment onwards
free from the hemelytra, side borders sharpened, slightly arched
and at the borders between the segments somewhat curved
inwardly, consequently the whole abdominal border seems slightly
festooned, along lateral borders runs a sharply-defined very
narrow and shallow gutta, inner part of connexivum just as
finely and thickly punctate as hemelytra, towards the lateral

fig. 272. — Eiiipystiriis johni.

borders the punctures become coarser and wider apart, the M'hole
connexivum olive-green, only the lateral gutta bordered by two
fine black lines of which the outer one includes the ridge of the
side margin ; posterior angles of the sixth abdominal segment not
dentately produced ; body beneath punctate and finely AArinkled,
the wrinkles extremely fine on the ventral disk which is more
coarsely and sparingly punctate on the sides, on the keel the drsk
is nearly smooth and shining ; the colour of the unaerside is
somewhat yellowish-green, only the middle of the base of the
abdomen, from the third segment onward, the meta- and meso-
sterna and the sides of the posterior and intermediate coxas are
brownish, the circumference of the stigmata is dark brown; femora
yellowish-green, tibiae greenish, the lower ridge very strongly
bristled, tarsi yellowish, the second joint slightly longer than the
first, apices of claws deep brown."' {Oshanin.)
"Length 26; greatest breadth 18 millim."
Ilab. Ceylon; Kandy (0. J. John — -Jide Oshanhi).
I have not seen this species, but Prof. Oshanin has kindly had
a beautiful drawing (here reproduced) made from the unique
type.

462 APPENDIX. — PEXTATOIMID.!.

Subfamily PHYLLOCEPHALINiE. (Vol. I, p. 289.)

Genus SCHIZOPS. (Vol. I, p. 293.)
2739. Schizops nepalensis, sp. n.

Dark castaneous-brown ; a bi'oad arcuate transverse fascia
between tlie lateral angles of the prouotum, a broad longitudinal
lateral fascia (sublateral for nearly half its length to scutellum)
and lateral uiargins to corium stramineous ; connexivum pale
testaceous ; membrane greyish \^ith two outer veins dark piceous ;
body beneath pale brownish, legs piceous brown ; spiracles white
margined with black ; connexivum beneath pale testaceous palely
margined on each side ; antennae black, basal joint shortest and
brown, second longest, third shorter than fourth ; head thickly
punctate, subrugulose, lateral lobes strongly cleft at apices ;
pronotum ^ith the lateral margins shortly obtusely dentate,
narrowly ochraceous and in\^ardly narrowly margined with black
as is the anterior margin of the transverse stramineous fascia,
thickly coarsely punctate behind head, subrugulose and punctate
on basal half, lateral angles only slightly prominent and almost
rounded ; scutellum with the central dark area thickly coarsely
punctate, the lateral areas coarsely ti-ansversely wrinkled ; corium
thickly punctate, less so on the costal marginal area ; body
beneath thickly finely punctate ; rostrum reaching the anterior
coxae, b<;tvveen anterior and intermediate coxae two dark longi-
tudinal spots : abdomen beneath with a faint pale central
longitudinal fascia : intermediate and posterior tibise with outer
pale longitudinal stripes.

Length cJ 18 ; breadth between prouotal angles 9| millim.

Hah. Nepal Terai ; Dhakna Bogh.

Allied to S. insignis. Walk., but body more elongate and nar-
rower; pronotal angles less produced and more rounded; membrane
without black spots ; colour markings of pronotum different.

Subfamily UROSTYLINtE. (Vol. I, p. 303.)

Genes UROSTYLIS. (Vol. I, p. 30G.)

In my synopsis of the genera of the Urostylinte (vol. i, p. 303)
I used as a character for this genus, " basal joint of antennae
nearly as long as head and pronotum together." Dr. Eeuter has
since (Ent. Month. Mag. 1905, p. Qb) remarked that the character
is not constant, and the description of the following two addi-
tional species shows that his objection is a well-founded one. In
these species, U. instructivus and U. sinensis, the first joint of the
antennae is only about as long as the pronotum.

UROSTYLIS. 403

2740. Urostylis instructivus, Rent. Ent. Month. Mag. 1905, p. 05.

" Green, glabrous ; head smooth, ocelli distinct ; pronotum
remotely blackly punctate, apical margiu reflexed, laterally thinly
edged, apex somewhat slightly rounded, behind middle broadly
sinuate; scutellum with the basal area elevated, triangular, sparsely
blackly punctate, apical portion depressed, moderately strongly
blackly punctate ; hemelytra smooth, only ' clavo serie scutellari
endocoriosque serie ' as well as claval suture here and there punctate,
ectocorium sparsely strongly punctate ; membrane smoky-hyaline ;
antennae slender, greenish, first joint almost equally as long as the
pronotum, second a little longer than first, third about twice as
short as second, black (remainder wanting) ; rostrum reaching the
middle of the mesosternum ; apices of tibiae and tarsi above
blackish ; body beneath smooth ; genital segment in female pro-
jecting on each side in a horizontal process, its apex somewhat
bent." {U&iiter.')

" Length S 9 millim.''

Hah. Silhet {fide Beuter).

2741. Urostylis sinensis, Walk. Cat. Het. ii, p. 412 (1807) ; Dist.
A. M. N. H. (7) vi, p. 233 (1900).

" Grass-green, fusiform, rather thinly and roughly punctured,
testaceous beneath ; head above ochraceous ; rostrum extending
nearly to the middle coxae, tip black ; first joint of the antennae
almost as long as the thorax; thorax ochraceous and slightly
reflexed along each side and along the fore border, near which
there is a slight transverse impression ; scutellum ochraceous ;
legs slender ; membrane of the fore wings pellucid with two brown
streaks." {WalTcer.)

The colour in fresh specimens is probably uniformly pale green,
in some the head above and also the anterior ai'ea of the pronotum
and the scutellum (more or less) is ochraceous, the body beneath
is more or less ochraceous, scarcely testaceous as described by
Walker ; the rostrum has its apex black and extends to between
the anterior and intermediate coxae ; the first joint of the
antennae is about as long as the pronotum, the second longer than
the first, third shorter than fourth, green, the apex of the third
distinctly blackened; lateral margins of the pronotum nearly
obliquely straight ; head with a slight ovate foveation at base,
from which there is a narrow sulcation on each side to base of
antennae ; the pronotum and scutellum moderately coarsely
punctate, the corium more finely so; membrane pale hyaline,
the basal lateral margins more or less dark ochraceous.

Length inch membrane 13 to 14 millim.

Hah. Darjeeling ; Pussumbing {Mann, Lid. Miis.). Nepal ;
Chitlong. — China ; Shanghai {Brit. Mus.).

464 APPENDIX.— PENTATOMIDiE.

Subfamily ACANTHOSOMATIN.E. (Vol. I, p. 313.)

Genus PROTOPHANTASTA. (After Microdeuterus,
Vol. I, p. 314.)

Protophantasta, Bredd. Ges. Naturh. Freunde, 1903, p. 212.

Type, P. colcuv, Bredd., from Sumatra.

Distribution. Ceylon, Malaya.

Head almost as long as pronotum, about as long as breadth
between eyes, lobes almost equally long, the lateral lobes with
their apices rounded and inwardly deflected, the lateral margins
concavely sinuate, narrower from eyes to apex, ocelli placed near
base and considerably wider apart than from eyes ; first joint of
antennae reaching or passing apex of head ; rostrum extending to
posterior coxae, the basal joint not quite reaching base of head ;
pronotum anteriorly a little wider than base of head, the lateral
margins oblique, gibbous posteriorly, depressed anteriorly, a
transverse impressed line before anterior margin defining a
slightly raised interspace ; scutellum about as long as broad at
base; corium longer than membrane; femora moderately thickened,
tibise longitudinally grooved ; a central raised longitudinal process
between the anterior and intermediate coxae much more developed
in some species than in others ; abdomen with a short basal spine
variable in length, apical segment terminating in two long shghtly
upturned spines, posterior lateral angles of penultimate segment
distinctly spinously produced ; tarsi two-jointed.

2742. Protophantasta forficuloides, JDist. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belq. l,
p. 409 (1906).

Head, pronotum and scutellum black ; head with a longitudinal
fascia on each side of lateral lobe, uniting posteriorly and
narrowly reaching base, a narrow line traversing central lobe,
inner margins of eyes, and a small spot on each side of ocelli,
sti'amineous; pronotum with the lateral margins centrally de-
veloped into a lateral spot, a central spot commencing on anterior
area and continued to disk, on each side of which anteriorly are
two small spots, stramineous ; scutellum with a large spot on each
lateral area before middle, and a large subapical transverse spot
which is indented anteriorly and angularly produced postei'iorly,
stramineous ; corium very pale stramineous, dai'kly punctate with
piceous macular apical markings ; membrane hyaline ; head
beneath, sternum, and legs stramineous; anterior femora (excluding
base), apical halves of intermediate and posterior femora, meta-
sternum and abdomen beneath carmine-red; posterior margins of

SASTBAGALA.

465

metasternum, lateral margins and apical setrraent to abdomen
stramineous ; abdominal spines and sternal spots black, tibiae
piceous ; basal pint of antennae slightly passing apex of head,
second joint about as long as fourth, a little longer than third;
head more or less transversely wrinkled, punctate at base and
before inner margins of eyes; pronotuni strongly coarsely

Fig. 273. — Protophaiitasta forficuloules.

punctate except on anterior area and on the stramineous markings ;
scutellum rugulose, the stramineous markings levigate ; abdominal
apical spines as long as posterior femora; rostrum reaching the
posterior coxae.

Length excl. abdom. spines 6| ; exp. pronotal angles 4 millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; N. C. Provinces (Green).

Genus SASTRAGALA.

2743. Sastragala smaragdina, Disf. A. M. iV
(1903).

(Vol. I, p. 318.)

H. (7) xi,

p. 72

Very pale greenish ; central lobe and margins of head, the
transverse foveas near anterior margin of pronotum, corium, legs
above, and abdominal margins more olivaceous-green ; lateral
angles of the pronotum spinously produced, black, and from a line
dra\\'n between them to base the surface is thickly coarsely
punctate, the punctures castaneous ; scutellum with a lai-ge
discal levigate ochraceous spot, remaining surface coarsely darkly
punctate, apex levigate ; corium with a black spot at inner angle
and a lunate black fascia near outer apical margin ; counexivum
pale greenish, with the extreme apices of the segmental spines
black ; posterior margin of sixth segment black.

466 APPENDIX.

Closely allied iu structure and markings to S. helerospila. Walk,
(vol. i, p. 318), but with the lateral pronotal spines much more
slender and acute ; abdominal spine also much more acute and
with its apex more removed from the sternal surface.

Length 11 ; breadth between pronotal angles 8 raillim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Kandy ( Green).

Family COREIDyE. (Vol. I, p. 331.)

In this family the principal taxonomic alteration requisite is the
transference of the species described as Curupira hicolor (vol. i,
p. 412) to the following family Lygaeidae. The reason for this
substitution will be subsequently detailed under that family, and
some allied species enumerated.

In the division Alydaria it was remarked (vol. i, p. 412), that
its representatives in British India w^ere very poorly represented.
It has now been found possible to considerably augment the
enumeration, both in genera and species.

Genus HOMffiOCERUS. (Vol. I, p. 355.)

2744. Homceocerus relatus, sp. n.

Pale greenish-ochraceous, thickly darkly punctate ; connexivum,
body beneath and legs pale greenish-ochraceous, the legs (excluding
bases of femora) more distinctly virescent; head behind and
between the ocelli almost impunctate ; antennae brownish-ochra-
ceous or virescent, fourth joint black with nearly its basal half pale
virescent, first and second joints almost subequal in length, third and
fourth joints also subequal or third very slightly longer than fourth ;
rostrum with the third and fourth joints almost subequal in length,
or third very slightly shorter than fourth ; pronotum with the
lateral margins nearly obliquely straight, broader at base than long,
the lateral angles subangulately prominent, a faint central longi-
tudinal line, moderately depressed near anterior margin ; scutellum
with a fine (sometimes very obscure) central longitudinal line ;
lateral margins of the corium narrowly palely impunctate and
usually pale ochraceous at base, and virescent from about middle ;
membrane bronzy, piceous or black at basal angular area.

Length 17 to 18 ; breadth between pronotal angles 5 niillim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Haragam {Green).

Allied to H. striicornis, Scott (vol. i, p. 360), but differing in having
the third and fourth joints of the antennae subequal in length and
the third and fourth joints of the rostrum also subequal.

jioMu-.ocBRiJs. 467

2745. Honioeocerus fraternus, sp. n.

Brownish-ochraceous, thickly blackly punctate; lateral margins
of head, pronotum and coriuni pale ocbraceous or greenish-ochra-
ceoLis, impuuctate ; scutellum paler, a little more sparingly punctate,
a small cluster of black pimctures a little before apex"; abdomen
above bright carmine-red with a central broad longitudinal luteous
fascia, the counexivum pale greenish-ochraceoiis ; body beneath
pale oc-hraceoLis, the legs and lateral abdominal K:argins pale greenish-
ochraceoiis ; membrane pale bronzy, the basal angular areas black ;
extreme apical angle to corium black ; antennge brownish, first joint
longest, considerably longer than fourth, which is a little longer
than third, fourth joint piceous with a broad pale subbasal annu-
lation ; rostrum with the third joint slightly shorter than the fourth;
pronotum with a pale central longitudinal line, the lateral margins
nearly obliquely straight, the posterior angles subacutely sub^
prominent, more strongly punctate than the head, the basal area
of which behind and between the ocelli is almost impuuctate.

Length 12 to 15; breadth between pronotal angles 3 to
3| millim.

Hah. Ceylon ; Kandy {Green).

This species is allied to H. albiventris, Dall. (vol. i, p. 362), from
which it structurally differs in having the first joint of the antenna?
considerably longer than the fourth ; it is also a smaller, narrow er,
and darker insect.

2746. Homceocerus javanicus, Uall. List Hem. ii, p. 444 (1852).
Gouocerus abbreviatus, Herr.-Schiiff. Wunz. Ins. vi, p. 81, f , 652

(1842), iioui. prasocc.

" Head testaceous, very finely punctured with brown ; pronotum
pale dull fulvous, very thickly and finely punctured with brown,
with the posterior margin greenish, the lateral angles somewhat
prominent and acute ; scutellum testaceous, very finely punctured
with brown ; coriaceous portion of the elytra dull reddish testaceous,
thickly and finely punctured with brown, with the apical portion
blackish, the lateral margin pale greenish-testaceous, and an
indistinct broken transverse line near the apex ; membrane brownish
semitransparent, with the base blackish; back of the abdomen
bright red, with the tip blackish ; abdomen beneath yellow, with
the sides greenish ; breast pale green, rather thickly punctured ;
legs dusky testaceous, tarsi green ; rostrum pale dull fulvous ;
antenna? dusky, with the apical portion of the last ioint fulvous."
{Dallas.)

Body elongate, narrow, the "indistinct broken transverse line
near the apex " of tegmina usually coalesced into a short transverse
narrow pale ocbraceous fascia extending from near inner angle
half way across tegmen ; rostrum extending about half way
between anterior and intermediate coxae, first joint extending, to
about middle of head, second joint not quite reaching anterior coxsc.

468 APPENDIX. — COREID.E.

third and fourth subequal in length ; antennae with the first joint
about as long as the pronotum, second longer than first, third
about as long as first and longer than fourth.

Length lU to 21 millim.

Hah. Assam {Badgley, Brit. Mus.)\ Upper Burma {Bingham,
Brit. Mfs.).— Java {Brit. Mus.).

A species in this enumeration to be placed near H. graminis,
Fabr. (vol. i, p. 363).

2747. Homceocerus l)adgleyi, sp. n.

Head and antennae black ; apical joint of antennae, antenniferous
tubercles, and a discontinuous transverse fascia at the region of
the ocelli obscure ochraceous ; pronotum and scutellum black, the
first with two large dull ochraceous spots near anterior margin ;
corium piceous-brown, the extreme base of costal margin ochra-
ceous ; membrane brouzy-ochraceous ; connexivum ochraceous ;
head beneath and sternum black ; rostrum, a short curved line on
each lateral area of prosternum, lateral and anterior margins of
meso- and metasterna, trochanters, and abdomen beneath dull
ochraceous, the latter with a broad, central, longitudinal piceous
fascia ; anterior legs piceous, bases and apices of the tibiae and the
tarsi testaceous (intermediate and posterior legs mutilated in type) ;
head finely thickly punctate, central lobe apically deflected between
the lateral lobes, finely centrally linearly sulcate ; antennae with
the first joint incrassate, only a little longer than fourth, second
longest, third longer than either first or fourth ; rostrum about
or almost reaching the intermediate coxae, third joint shghtly shorter
than fourth wliich has its apex black, first not passing eyes, second
not quite reaching anterior coxae ; pronotum thickly coarsely
punctate and granulose, the lateral margins obliquely sinuate, the
posterior angles subprominent, an indistinct, central, longitudinal,
carinate line ; scutellum coarsely punctate and granulose ; corium
finely punctate, the clavus more strongly so ; apex of abdomen very
shghtly passing the apex of membrane ; sternum coarsely punctate.

Length 13^ millim.

Hab. Assam (W. F. Badgley, Brit. Mus.).

The jSTatiouai collection contains a single example of this
distinctly marked species.

Genus ASCHISTUS. (Vol. I, p. 369.)

2748. Aschistus nepalensis, sp. n.

Head above, pronotum, scutellum and corium obscure dull ochra-
ceous, very thickly darkly punctate; pronotum with the lateral
margins and a central longitudinal line, apex of scutellum, and
about basal halves of lateral margins to corium stramineous,
levigate ; membrane bronzy with fuscous suffusions ; body beneath
and legs pale ochraceous, the stei'num with a slight virescent tint;

ASCHISXUS. 469

antennae dull obscure ochraceous, thickly, finely, darkly grauulose,
apical joint greyishly tomentose, the basal third fuscous-brovvu,
basal pint stoutest, considerably longer than fourth which is
shortest, second and third longest, almost subeqnal in length,
second only slightly longer than third ; rostrum scarcely passing
the anterior coxae ; head above blackly granulose towards apex, the
lateral margins and a short central basal longitudinal line somewhat
obscurely stramineous, the lateral lobes with their apices some-
what widely divei'gent; pronotum elongate, about as long as broad
at base, narrowing to apex, the lateral margius nearly obliquely
straight, depressed anteriorly, anterior margin truncate ; corium
with the veins prominent ; membrane not reaching the apical
segment ; connexivum brownish with small pale marginal spots ;
sternum finely obscurely punctate ; lateral margins of the head
beneath behind the antennae and enclosing eyes brownish ; lateral
margins of the abdomen beneath broadly (and enclosing thespiracles)
darker and more obscure ochraceous, before this darker margin
some small irregular black spots, the whole abdomen beneath
sprinkled ^^•ith pale brownish and with a central longitudinal pale
brownish narrow fascia.

Length 14 ; breadth between pronotal angles 3 millim.

Hah. Nepal; Benikhola and Bijdura ; United Provinces, Naini
Tal Districts.

To be readily separated from A, hrevicornis, Dall. (vol. i, p. 369)
by the short apical joint to the antennae.

2749. Aschistus sulcatus, sp. n.

Head above, pronotum, scutellum and corium obscure dull
ochraceous, very thickly darkly punctate ; lateral margins of head
and pronotum, a central longitudinal line to the latter, apex of
scutellum, and about basal halves of lateral margins to corium
stramineous, levigate ; membrane hyaline ; body beneath and legs
pale ochraceous, legs somewhat pale testaceous ; antennae very
pale testaceous, finely granulose, first, second and third joints
distinctly sulcate, first and third joints subequal in length, second
longest, fourth shortest, considerably shorter than third ; rostrum
distinctly passing the anterior coxae ; head above with the lateral
lobes prominently upturned at their apices giving a tuberculous
appearance ; pronotum elongate, about as long as broad at base,
narrowing to apex, the lateral margins nearly obliquely straight,
anterior margin truncate ; corium with the veins prominent ;
membrane not quite reaching the apical segment ; connexivum
unspotted, fuscous-brown, its outer margin nai-rowly pale ochra-
ceous ; sternum finely punctate, a small black spot near the
intermediate and posterior coxte ; lateral margins of the head
beneath behind the antenna3 and enclosing eyes thickly darkly
punctate ; lateral margins of the abdomen beneath broadly (and
enclosing the spiracles) darker and more obscure ochraceous, the

470 ArPENDIX. COEEIJD-E.

spiracles black, before the darker margins some small irregular
black spots, disk finely darkly punctate.

Length 15| ; breadth betn-een pronotal angles 3 millim.

Hah. Pegu ; Palon.

In general appearance closely resembling A. nepalensis, but
differing in the sulcated antennae and relative proportional lengths
of joints in same, the upturned subtuberculous apices of the
lateral lobes of the head, &c.

Genus NOTOBITUS. (Vol. I, p. 370.)

2750. Notobitus parvus, sp. n.

Head and antennae pale testaceous ; pronotum and scutellum
purplish-brown, the apex of the latter testaceous ; abdomen above
reddish-ochraceous with a broad irregular piceous longitudinal
fascia extending from about middle to apex ; body beneath,
rostrum and legs pale testaceous, sternum and anal segment of
abdomen purplish-brown ; corium ochraceous ; membrane pale
dull ochraceous ; antennae with the first, second and third joints
subequal in length and clothed with very short fine hairs, fourth
joint slender and nearly as long as either of the two previous
joints taken together ; head discally thickly punctate, less so at
inner margins of eyes ; rostrum about reaching the base of meso-
sternum, first joint just passing base of head, second joint short
reaching the anterior coxae, third joint slender scarcely longer
than second ; pronotum thickly finelv granulose, a little less so
on the anterior area; scutellum (excluding apex) thickly finely
granulose ; corium thickly punctate ; posterior femora only mode-
rately thickened and armed beneath ^^■ith about seven more or less
prominent spines, commencing at about one-third from base, the
three apical spines close together, a small and obscure tubercle
near base; posterior tibiae a little curved and longitudinally sulcata,
anterior and intermediate tibiae shortly tuberculously spined
beneath.

Length 15 millim.

JIah. Tenasserim ; Myitta {Doherty).

Bv the unicolorous legs allied to N. marginal Is, AVestw. (vol. i,
p. 372), but differing by its much smaller size, different colour
markings, differently coloured antennae, &c.

2751. Notobitus mundus, sp. n.

Black, very shortly and indistinctly pilose ; apical joint of
antennae fuscous-brown, its base (broadly) and apex (narrowly)
ochraceous ; margins of eyes (prominently), anterior edge of
pronotum, under surface of second joint of rostrum, coxae, bases
and apices of anterior and intermediate femora, bases of posterior
femora, intermediate tibiae (excluding bases), and all the tarsi
ochraceous ; antennae with the first, second and third joints sub-

CLOBESMUS. 471

equal in length, clothed with short, fine hairs, fourth joint slender,
about as long as either of the two preceding joints taken together ;
head thickly punctate except at inner margins of eyes ; rostrum
with the basal joint almost reaching the anterior coxa?, second joint
shorter than third and passing the anterior coxae, third and fourth
joints slender, fourth slightly passing the base of mesosternum ;
pronotuin thickly, finely rugulose, less so on the anterior marginal
area ; scutellum very thickly punctate and subrugulose ; corium
thickly punctate ; posterior femora elongate, onl^ moderately
thickened, longitudinally spined beneath, five of the spines being
somewhat long and prominent, anterior and intermediate femora
shortly spinous beneath ; tibiae sulcata.

Length 19 millim.

Hah. Ceylon; Kandy (6rVee?i).

This is the only species of the genus that 1 have at present
received from Ceylon, It is allied to i\', meleagris, Pabr. (vol. i,
p. 371), but differs by the third joint of the antennae being con-
colorous, not ochraceous at base as is generally the case in the
Pabrician species, anterior tibiae not ochraceous, basal joint of
rostrum much longer, «&c.

Genus CLORESMUS. (Vol. I, p. 373.)

2752. Cloresmus similis, Ball. (Nematopus) List Hem. ii, p. 425
(1852) ; Sttd (Cloresmus), En. Hem. iii, p. 06 (1873).

" This species is very nearly alHed to C. nepaUmis (vol. i, p. 373),
but has the antennae more slender, and with the first three joints
pale fulvous (fourth wanting) ; the lateral pieces of the anterior
projection of the head more distinctly separated from the central
piece ; the thorax shorter and with its anterior margin wider ;
and the apex of the abdomen of the same colour as the remainder "
{DaUas.)

The fourth joint of the antennae is concolorous with the pre-
ceding joints, first joint a little shorter than the second, third
shortest, fourth longest ; rostrum with the first joint about reach-
ing base of head, second almost reaching anterior coxae.

Length 14 millim.

Bah. Tenasserim ; Myitta (DoJierti/). — China (_fide Stal).

The type of Dallas possesses no localitv.

2753. Cloresmus antennatus, sp. n.

Head, pronotum and scutellum dark metallic olivaceous-green ;
antennae with the basal joint piceous, second and third joints
fuscous-brown, fourth joint pale ochi-aceous ; head beneath and
sternum dark metallic olivaceous-green ; rostrum, legs and abdo-
men beneath ochraceous ; posterior femora and tibiae more casta-
neous ; corium piirphsh-brovvn tinted with olivaceous, the costal
margin narrowly brownish-ochraceous, membrane bronzy-brown ;
head with the apices of the lateral lobes pointed but not projecting

472 APPENDIX. — COEEIDiE.

beyond the central lobe, an arcuate impression in front of the
ocelli ; antennae with the first joint shorter than the second, about
equal in length to the third, first three joints clothed with rather
long hairs, fourth joint longest ; rostrum reaching the anterior
coxae, first joint scarcely reaching the latitude of the eyes, first,
second and third subequal in length, fourth longest ; pronotum
sparingly coarsely punctate, the anterior marginal area impunctate
and convexly raised ; corium thickly, finely punctate ; posterior
femora prominently spiued beneath on their apical halves ; tibiae
sulcate ; counexivum ochraceous with piceous spots.

Length 12 to 13 millim.

Hah. Sikhim {Coll. Dist.).

Allied to both C. nepalensis, "Westw., and C. shnilis, DalL,
diffei'ing from both by tlie colour of the antennae ; distinguished
from the first by the shorter and more regularly spined posterior
femora ; from the latter by the non-produced lateral lobes of
the head.

Genus COLPURA. (Vol. I, p. 377.)

2754. Colpura terebrans, Bredd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. l, 1906, p, 50.

" Very dark blackish-brown, membrane uniformly smoky-brown ;
apical five-sixths of the fourth joint of antennae, the terminal
half of the pronotal tooth, the base of subcostal vein of corium,
an obsolete spot not far fi-om the middle of the apical margin of
corium, narrow transverse bands of the connexivum and the
ventral border rusty-yellow ; the smooth point of the scutellum
whitish : rostrum, tarsi, and middle of posterior tibiae somewhat
suffused piceous-brown ; rostrum towards tip and tarsi in middle
rusty-yellow ; trochantei's, at least middle and hinder, whitish ;
back of abdomen dull wine-red, in the middle brownish.

" S • Head before the eyes rather slenderly produced, the side
borders between the eyes, and the acute, angularly projecting,
antennal bases nearly as long as the longitudinal section of the
eyes, when seen from above strongly, obtusely, angularly bent :
pronotum only very little arched, the transverse impression in
the anterior third distinct, tlie otherwise straight sides marked by
jin almost imperceptible bulging in, seen from above the pronotum
strongly narrows towards the front, the mai'ginal keeling which
is also recognizable from above is expanded towards the front but
not laminate ; on the other hand, the corners of the neck exhibit
a remarkable slender pointed tooth projecting outwards and
forwards, which form an acute angle of \b° to 50", and in its free
part is about two-thirds of the length of the upper transverse
section of the eyes ; membraual venation not reticulate ; antennae
moderately long, the slender third joint distinctly longer than the
first ; legs" rather slender, unarmed ; rostrum nearly reaching hind
margin of fifth abdominal sternite, the violet-black gland ' fore-
courts ' of the abdominal segments five to seven as in C. noctua.
Genital plate produced above with rounded terminal margin, this

PENDULINUS. 473

with broad deep excavation, iu the form of a (nearly semicircular)
rounded segment, which, at its debouchure, occupies about half of
the whole breadth of the terminal margin, and is bordered laterally
by sharp pointed (almost rectangular) corners." (Breddin.)

"Length 11| millim."

Hab. Assam (Jide Breddin).

It is very difficult to understand the position or validity of this
species as Breddin has in part compared it with 0. noctua, Dist.
This species he has clearly misunderstood in a redescription he has
made of it (Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1906, p. 40), and this despite the
fact that at his request I forwarded him cotypes of this and several
others of my species of the genus. These remarks are necessitated
by the strange course he has pursued of directly contradicting
some of the characters I gave for C. noctua, the accuracy of which
I here reaffirm.

Genus PENDULINUS. (Vol. I, p. 387.)
2755. Pendulinus rostratus, sp. n.

Pale ochraceous ; membrane black ; antennge and legs pale
testaceous ; antennae with the apices of the second and third
joints black, fourth joint piceous, with a broad subbasal aunulation
and the extreme apex stramineous, first, second and third joints
subequal in length, fourth longest; rostrum passing the posterior
coxae, first joint reaching or very slightly passing base of head,
second joint extending almost midway between anterior and inter-
mediate coxae, third reaching intermediate coxae, fourth longest,
its apex black, all the joints beneath with a central black
line ; head slightly longer than breadth between eyes, sparingly
blackly punctate, broadly produced in front of the bases of the
antennae, the central lobe prominent and ridged, ocelli much
nearer eyes than to each other ; pronotum thickly, coarsely,
darkly punctate, the lateral angles distinctly broadly angularly
produced, the lateral margins very narrowly black ; scutellum a
little longer than broad at base, thickly, coarsely, densely punctate,
its extreme apex paler and impunctate ; coriura thickly and some-
what finely darkly punctate, the veins levigate and prominent;
sternum coarsely punctate, a small black spot on each section at a
short distance from the coxae ; spiracles inserted before middle of
abdominal segment, a small black spot near middle of lateral areas
of each segment ; tibiae sulcated, femora only slightly incrassated.

Length 18 ; breadth between pronotal angles 6| millim.

Hah. Bombay {Dixon).

This species differs from the ordinary form of the genus Pendu-
linus by the length of the rostrum and the angularly produced
pronotal angles ; these divergencies however have been admitted
in the genus Homoeocerus, and I allow the same principle here.

YOL. IV. 2 1

474 APPENDIX. — COREID.E.

Pendulinus antennatus. (Vol. I, p. 389.)

I have received more specimens of this species since I formerly
enumerated it in the present publication, and find that in fresh
examples the colour of the upper surface is more olivaceous-green
than rufo-testaceous as described from the type which was in a
probably faded condition.

Division ATRACTARIA (after Gonoceraeia, Vol. I, p. 389.)
Atractaria, Stal, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1872, n. 6, p. 52.

" Veins emitted from the base of membrane ; decurrent vein in
wings hooked or forked." (Si&l.)

The following genus allied to the Palaearctic genus Spatliocera,
Stein, must be placed in this division.

Genus HAIDARA, nov.

Type, H. producta, Dist.

Distribution. Bombay.

Head subequal in length to that of pronotum, acuminate in front
of the insertion of antennae, the central lobe acutely projecting in
front of the lateral lobes, and distinctly somewhat convexly ridged,
behind the antennae the head is broad, a little narrowing inwardly to
eyes, which are small and not far removed from the ocelli, the latter
much farther apart than from eyes ; rostrum at base enclosed in a
canal the margins of which are convexly rounded, basal joint not
reaching base of head, only extending to eyes, second joint long,
nearly reaching intermediate coxae (imperfectly seen in type, which
is a carded specimen) ; antennae inserted near apex of head, the
basal joint strongly incrassate, broad, the margins ridged, almost
as long as head, second short, a little thickened, almost subequal in
length to fourth, third longest, slender; pronotum narrowed from
base to apex, depressed anteriorly, the lateral margins sinuate,
anterior margin subtruncate or very slightly concave, posterior
margin reflexed, a little sinuate in fi'ont of scutellum, the lateral
angles subprominent ; scutellum small, subtriangular ; corium
short, about half the length of abdomen, the apex obtusely acute ;
membrane not reaching the abdominal apex, its veins more or less
reticulate ; connexivum broad ; legs somewhat short, the femora
moderately thickened ; tibiae rounded, not sulcate.

2756. Haidara producta, sp. n.

Body and legs ochraceous ; head obscurely punctate ; antennae
with the first joint punctate, its lateral margins ridged and coarsely
striate, second joint granulose, third slender and about as long as
first and second together, fourth incrassate, piceous with the base
ochraceous; pronotum thickly somewhat coarsely punctate, the

IIAIDARA. 475

lateral margins paler aud levigate, an anterior submarginal trans-
verse impressed line ; scutellum with two central clusters of
punctures near base ; cerium thickly punctate, more coarsely

Fig. 274. — Haidara jn'oditcta.

punctate in clavus, a discal dark spot near inner angle ; con-
nexivum broad, the incisures darker ; body beneath obscurely
punctate, abdomen with a central pale longitudinal line ; anterior
and intermediate tibiae spotted beneath with piceous.

Length 9 ; breadth between pronotal angles 2| millim.

Hah. Bombay ; Bor Ghat {Dixon).

2757. Haidara admota, sp. u.

Head, pronotum, scutellum and coriuai greyish, thickly darkly
punctate ; head with the lateral margins and a central longitudinal
line dull stramineous, the punctures somewhat longitudinally
arranged ; antennae pale obscure ochraceous, the basal joint strongly
transversely wrinkled, its margins ridged, broadly incrassate,
distinctly shorter than head, second joint shortest, very finely
grannlose, third long, slender and about as long as first and second
together, fourth incrassate, piceous, with the base (narrowly) and
the apex (more broadly) ochraceous ; pronotum elongate and
narrower at base than in the preceding species, the lateral angles
less prominent and more broadly and regularly rounded ; scutellum
darkly punctate, the lateral margins and pale central longitudinal
line obscure stramineous aud impuncfcate ; corium with the punc-
tures somewhat longitudinally arranged, a small impunctate greyish
spot near inner angle ; membrane greyish, the veins darker,
moderately reticulate ; connexivum obscure stramineous with large
transverse or oblique dark spots, the two central apical spots
longitudinal ; body beneath and legs greyish-ochraceous, abdomen
with two dark central longitudinal lines, aud two similar but more
interrupted lines on each lateral area, small dark marginal spots

2 I 2

476 APPENDIX. — COEEID.T,

at apices of incisures ; disks of head beneath and sternum piceous-
brown.

Length 6 ; breadth between pronotal angles 2 milhm.

Hah. Bombay (Dixon).

A smaller and more elongate species than H. prodncta, of a
darker and greyish coloration, the basal joint of the antennse less
dilately iucrassate.

Genus CLETOMORPHA. (Vol. I, p. 39G.)
Cletomorpha. walkeei. (Vol. I, p. 397.)

Since I published Kirby's description based on the Ceylon
specimen a considei'able number of examples have passed through
my hands. The Ceylonese type is seen to be the least repre-
sentative. The description " Interior angle of the corium with one
or two small white spots,"' scarcely applies to the species in its
commoner form, in which there is a transverse series of three
pale ochraceous or whitish spots extending from above the elaval
apex to costal margin.

Add: — Eah. Upper Burma and Eangoon (Bmr/Zimn). Siamese
Malay States (Annandah Sj- Eobinson).

Genus CRASPEDUM. (Vol. I, p. 399.)
2758. Craspedum burmanicum, sp. n.

Obscure greyish, punctured and shaded with fuscous-brown ;
antennae with the first joint nearly as long as head, moderately
thickened, strongly longly spinose, the spines curved, second
joint shorter than the first, slender, not spined; head longly

Fig. 275. — Craspedum hirmanicum.

spinulose, especially at apex where the spinules are straightly
produced in front ; rostrum with the first joint extending
considerably behind the eyes, second joint longer than the
third, its apex almost or about reaching the posterior coxae.

STACIIYOLOBUS. 477

third aud fourth shorter and subequal in length ; pronotum
widely and irregularly expanded on each side, its margins
longly spinose, the anterior angles produced forwardly beyond
the insertion of the antennae, the lateral margins sinuate,
the posterior angles truncately rounded, the posterior margin
truncate, not lobate ; abdomen laterally expanded, forming three
prominent lobes, with a fourth shorter and more obsolete near base,
their margins longly spinose, the penultimate lobe longest and
curved backward, the apical lobe ampliated and posteriorly sub-
truncate ; rostrum about reaching the posterior coxae ; body
beneath and legs pale obscure ochraceous, the abdominal spiracles
black ; abdomen above greyish, darkly punctate, a small black
spot at middle of both anterior and posterior margins of the
fourth segment, two similar but widely separated spots on disk of
iifth segment, and two more contiguous spots at middle of apical
segment, the lateral lobes becoming darker apically with a more
or less distinct black spot near apex of each.

Length 8 millim.

Hah. Upper Burma ; Mandalay (BingJiam, Brit. Mus.).

Genus STACHYOLOBUS.

Stachyolobus, St&l, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1870, p. 658, t. vii, f, 4 :
id. En. Hem. iii, p. 88 (1873).

Type, S. macilentus, Stfil, from the Philippines.

Distribution. Ceylon, Philippines.

Head with the lateral lobes longly produced in front of the
antenniferous tubercles, their apices acute and divergent, the
central lobe very small, behind the antenniferous tubercles the
lateral margins are nearly straight and parallel ; the eyes small
and placed nearer base than to antennae; ocelli close to base,
central and approximate ; antennae placed about midway betw^een
base and apices of lateral lobes, foui'-jointed, first joint longer
than second or third, a little thickened, second and third subequal
in length, fourth longest; rostrum with the first joint stoutest
and about reaching or slightly passing the base of the head, second
and third subequal, fourth reaching the posterior coxae ; pronotum
a little shorter than head, moderately narrowed from base to apex,
anterior margin truncate, lateral margins almost straightly obhque,
posterior margin subtruncate and reflexed ; scutellum small with
an upright spinous tubercle on disk, the apex also shortly curved
upward ; corium slightly shorter than membrane, which does not
reach the abdominal apex and is closely finely veined ; sternum
centrally sulcate ; legs long and slender ; odoriferous aperture
short and upwardly curved.

2759. Stachyolobus cuspidatus, sp. n. •

Ochraceous ; eyes blackish ; ocelli testaceous ; antenna with

478

APPENDIX. — COEEID.E.

the first joint (excluding base), the fourth joint (excluding apex)
and the extreme bases and apices of the second and third joints
piceous ; head almost smooth with a central incised longitudinal
line between the latitude of the antennae and the ocelli ; pro-
notum thickly and coarsely punctate, with an anterior submarginal

Stachyolobus cvspidafits.

smooth area which possesses two central darker lines : scutellum
with an upright robust discal spine, the apex also shortly upwardly
obliquely recurved ; corium sparingly coarsely punctate, the claval
area more thickly punctate ; rostrum with a central piceous line
on underside of first joint, the remaining joints almost wholly
piceous ; abdomen beneath with three longitudinal piceous lines,
and two prominent and distinct black spots on the anterior
margins of the third and fourth segments.

Length c? 15 millim.

JIah. Ceylon ; Peradeniya (Green).

Genus ACESTRA.
Acestra, Ball. List Hem. u, pp. 485 & 488 (1852).

Type, A. sinica, Dall.

Distribution. Oriental and Malayan Regions. Originally
described from China.

" Head elongated, pointed in front, with the central lobe pro-
jecting beyond the apex of the lateral lobes in the form of a long,
pointed process, lateral margins, from the antenniferous tubercles
to the base of the head, nearly parallel ; eyes small, not prominent ;
ocelli small, approximated, placed close to the anterior margin of

the pronotum ; antennae long, four-jointed, basal joint nearly as
long as the head and pronotum together, stout, thickened towards
the apex, second joint about as long as the first, slender,
thickened towards the base, thinner than the first, first and second
joints clothed with long soft hairs, third joint about half as long
as the second, thinner, clothed with very fine soft hairs, last
joint wanting ; rostrum long and slender, reaching the middle of
the metasternum, inserted on a level with the apices of the lateral
lobes of the head, four-jointed, basal joint not reaching the base
of the head, second joint longest, third shortest, fourth nearly as
long as the first." (Dallas.)

Pronotum much longer than broad, scarcely wider than the
head, the lateral margins almost straight and parallel, anterior
margin truncate, posterior margin deflected, truncate, a small
tubercle on each side before the basal angles of the scutellum which
is elongate and angulate ; coriura and membrane of almost equal
length, the latter not reaching the apex of the abdomen and
thickly finely veined ; legs moderately slender, femora only slightly
thickened towards apices ; sternum more or less centrally longi-
tudinally sulcate.

The description of the antennae given by Dallas appHes only (so
far as known at present) to the typical species A. sinica- in
A. malayana they are not haired and the proportional length of
the joints is different.

2760. Acestra sinica, Dull. List Hem. ii, p. 488, t. xiv, f. 4
(1852).

Pale ochraceous ; head obscurely and minutely punctate, pro-
duced portion of the central lobe clothed with long soft whitish

Fig. 277. — Acestra sinica.
hairs, a central longitudinal impressed line from near the latitude

480 APPENDIX. — COEEID.i:.

of the insertion of the antennae to near base ; pronotum with the
anterior marginal area less strongly punctate than the remaining
surface, which is also moderately rugulose, a fine central longi-
tudinal carinate line ; scutellnm a little centrally foveately depressed
near base where there are a few coarse punctures ; coriura with
the veins prominent, clavus very thickly and coarsely, remaining
surface more sparingly punctate ; membrane subhyaline, closely
finely veined ; sternum thickly and finely punctate ; abdomen
beneath with a central longitudinal narrow black fascia, smooth,
with three approximate brownish punctures on each side of the
black line at the base of the third segment, and two or three
similar punctures on the second segment ; apex of the rostrum
black ; other structural characters as detailed in the generic
diagnosis.

Length 19 to 20 millim.

Hab. Ceylon; Kandy {Oreen). — China {Brit. Mus.).

2761. Acestra malayana, List. Fasdc Malay. \, pt. ii, p. 245, t. xv,
f. 7 (1903).

Ochraceous with an olivaceous tint ; eyes black, between eyes,
including the ocelli, a posteriorly curved fascia of black punctures ;
tw^o small linear black lines on disk of anterior pronotal area ; head
above finely punctate, a very short central black line between the
latitude of the antennae and that of the eyes, produced central lobe
not haired as in A. sinica ; antennae olivaceous or brownish,
smooth, non-pilose, first and fourth joints longest and subequal in
length, first moderately thickened towards apex, second and third
slender and subequal in length, fourth slender, curved, a little
paler near base; pronotum thickly coarsely punctate, except a
subanterior marginal area which is almost smooth, and at lateral
margins of which there is a curved black line ; scutellum punctate,
the apical area smooth and on which there is a foveate spot ; corium
with the veins prominent, coarsely punctate, the clavus more
densely punctate; membrane subhyaline, closely finely veined;
abdomen above testaceous, marginally piceous ; the connexivum
pale brownish, posterior margin of the third and fourth segments
broadly paler ; mesosternum with two longitudinal black lines ;
metasternum with a central black line ; abdomen beneath with a
faint and indistinct central longitudinal darker line ; rostrum about
reaching posterior coxae, its apex black.

Length 18| millim.

Hab. Burma; Taunggyi (TJwmpson). — Siamese Malay States
(Annandale ^ Robinson).

Genus DULICHIUS. (Vol. I, p. 407.)

2762. Dulichins thompsoni, Dist. Ami. Soe. Ent. Belq. xlvii, p. 43
(1903).

Piceous ; hemelytra and antennae brownish-piceous ; rostrum,

EUTHEIUS, 481

coxae and legs dull dark ochraceous; abdomen beneath obscure
castaneous ; apex of rostrum piceous ; head robust, finely granulate,
discal area with its lateral margins on inner sides of eyes laminate
and obscure brownish-ochraceous, very prominently constricted at
base,^ ocelli prominent and black, eyes ochraceous ; antenuje with
the first joint shortest, about reaching the ocelli, second and third
joints longest and about equal in length ; pronotum finely granu-
late, with a long erect spine near each lateral angle, posterior
margin concavely sinuate ; scutellum finely granulate, with a long
erect spine at apex ; hemelytra very much abbreviated, scarcely
one-third the length of the abdomen, longitudinally rugose,
excepting the lateral margins which are ochraceous ; abdomen
strongly constricted at base, and again narrowed towards apex
which IS truncate ; rostrum almost reaching the posterior cox£e,
first joint robust, much shorter than head, second joint slender
and longest.

Length 8| millim.

Ilah. Burma; Shan States, Taunggyi (Thomjyson, Coll.

Genus EUTHETUS. (Vol. I, p. 412.)
2763. Euthetus singalensis, sp. n.

Head and pronotum pale brownish-ochraceous, the first with four
longitudinal black fasciae, of which two are central extending from
ocelli to base, and one on each lateral margin extending from eyes
to base; antennae pale brownish-ochraceous, apices of the first,
second, and third joints narrowly piceous, fourth joint piceous-
brown with the base paler; scutellum piceous with a central
longitudinal ochraceous line ; corium fuscous-brown with the veins
and numerous speckles ochraceous ; membrane fuscous-brown ;
body beneath and legs ochraceous ; two broad longitudinal fascise
to head beneath, central disk of sternum, a large spot on lateral
areas of meso- and metasterna, base, apex and central sufi'usions to
abdomen beneath, a subapical annulation to anterior and inter-
mediate femora and an apical annulation to posterior femora, and
apices of tibiae and tarsi, black ; first and third joints of antenn®
subequal in length, second shortest, fourth nearly as long as second
and third together; rostrum reaching the intermediate coxse,
first joint stout, almost reaching base of head, second joint reaching
anterior coxa? ; pronotum finely punctate and granulose, the
posterior_ angles subacute, the lateral margins almost straight,
slightly sinuate ; scutellum moderately raised and deflected on each
side ; corium punctate, the apical angles flavescent and impunctate,
the clavus more thickly punctate, the veins prominent ; membrane
not quite reaching the abdominal apex; sternum more or less
punctate ; femora very finely and obscurely spotted with piceous,

482 APPENDIX. COEEID/E.

posterior femora with a distinct pale aunulation before the black
apex ; tibiae finely darkly spinulose.

Length 9 millim.

Hah. Ceylon {Green.)

Mr. Green sent me a single example of this distinctly marked
species.

Genus BABARANUS, nov.

Type, B. ornatulus, Dist.

Distribution. Assam, Tenasserim.

Head as long as pronotum, eyes situate nearer base than apex ;
ocelli central, contiguous, about midway between eyes and base ;
antennae inserted at a little nearer eyes tbau apex, slender, first,
second and third joints nearly equal in length, fourth longest ;
rostrum with the first joint about or almost reaching base of head,
second joint longest, about as long as third and fourth together,
fourth reaching the posterior coxae ; pronotum a little narrowed
anteriorly, the anterior area with two transverse impressions
enclosing a convex area on which are two short erect spines, lateral
angles produced in horizontal spines, anterior margin truncately
rounded, posterior margin slightly sinuated before scutellum on
each side of which it is slightly posteriorly lobed ; scutellum slightly
gibbous, subcordate in shape and with a somewhat long erect
spine near apex ; abdomen sinuately narrowed near base, its apex
shortly spined on each side, the connexivum erectly reflexed, thus
giving the discal surface a concave appearance ; corium a little
shorter than the membrane, its posterior angles much elongated ;
membrane reaching the abdominal apex, the veins oblique, not
prominent ; incisure between pro- and mesosterna very profound ;
mesosternum centrally longitudinally sulcate ; legs long, slender,
finely spinulose, femora only very slightly thickened, posterior
tibiae a little curved, as long as the femora, posterior tarsi with the
basal joint a little longer than the two remaining joints together.

2764. Baljaranus ornatulus, sp. n.

Head dull pale ochraceous, two longitudinal lines on anterior
area, a small spot on disk, two longitudinal lines on basal area
obliquely branching on each side, and the lateral margins, piceous
or black ; antennae piceous, first joint (excluding apex), narrow
bases to second and third joints and broad base to fourth joint
pale ochraceous ; pronotum ochraceous, very thickly darkly punc-
tate, the area between the two anterior transverse impressions
almost impunctate, convex, and provided with two long erect spines
which are ochraceous with their apices piceous, the lateral margins
and the posterior angular spines black, the posterior slightly lobed
margin on each side of scutellum very pale ochraceous ; scutellum
ochraceous with an obscure dark central longitudinal line ; corium
ochraceous with coarse dark punctures between the prominent

TENOSIUS, 483

veins, the costal and apical margins levigate, pale ochraceous ;
membrane subhyaline, exhibiting some of the markings on the

Fig. 27

-Baharanv.s ornatiilus.

upper surface of the abdomen, which is black, with a spot near
base, a transverse fascia before middle, a similar narrower fascia
beyond middle, and two large angulate spots before apex pale
lutescent ; connexivum with large lutescent spots ; body beneath
and legs very pale ochraceous, apices of femora, tibiae and tarsi
more or less piceous ; abdomen with segmental dark spots (as
shown in figure).

Length 16 millim.

Hah. Assam {Coll. Dist.). Tenasserim; My ittsi (DoJierty).

Genus TENOSIUS.

Tenosius, Stal, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1859, p. 460 ; id. En. Hem. iii,
p. 90 (1873),

Type, T. proletarius, Schaum.

Distribution. Oriental and Ethiopian Eegions.

Head a little longer than breadth between eyes, a circular ridge
on each side from base of antennae, outside the ocelli and united
on basal margin ; antennae inserted about midway between eyes
and apex, first joint moderately clavate at apex and as long as
second joint or slightly longer, fourth longest, as long or longer
than second and third together ; ocelli near base, a little behind
eyes ; rostrum not quite reaching the intermediate coxse, first

484

APPENDIX. COREID.E.

joint not reaching base of head, second much longer than third;
pronotum about as long as head, narrowed anteriorly, anterior
margin subtruncate, posterior margin truncate in front of scutel-
lum, thence a little oblique to the posterior lateral angles, the
lateral margins almost straight or very slightly sinuate ; scutellum
small, elongately subtriangular ; corium slightly longer than
membrane, the posterior angles elongately produced ; membrane
slightly passing the abdominal apex, the veins obliquely straight ;
posterior femora strongly inci-assate, shortly spinose beneath ;
posterior tibiae strongly curved ; first joint of posterior tarsi
longer than second and third together.

Allied to Mirperus and Melanacantlms , Stal ; known from the
Ethiopian, Malayan and Australasian Regions.

The South African Mirjperus robustus, Dist., can also be included
in this genus.

2765. Tenosius proletarius, ScMum {MyAvis), Ber. Ak. Berl.\%oZ,
p. 358; id. in Peters, Reis. Moss., Ins. p. 42, t. ii, f. 6 (1862).
Mirpenis nigrofasciatus, Dist. A. M. N. H. (7)xiii, p. 352 (1904).

Ochraceous, coarsely punctate ; head with a sublateral fascia on
each side black or piceous, the edges of the ridge ochraceous and
a more obscure central pale longitudinal line ; ocelli purplish-red ;

279. — Tenosius proletarius.

antennae with the first, second and third joints brownish-ochra-
ceous, fourth more palely piceous ; pronotum with two piceous or
black longitudinal fasciae (not reaching anterior margin), a central
longitudinal line and the extreme lateral margins paler and with
an obscure dark submarginal fasciate line, the punctures much
coarser than on head ; scutellum transversely wrinkled and

AKBARATUS. 485

punctate, the lateral margins, central line and apex pale oehra-
ceous and impuactate : coriutn with the costal area stramineous,
the punctures becoming thick and black between the veins towards
apical area ; membrane pale piceous, its apical margin pale hya-
line ; body beneath obscure ochraeeous ; head beneath, rostrum
and legs testaceous ; abdomen sometimes with two distinct longi-
tudinal dark fasoioe and between them on basal area two narrower
and ill-defined fascii^o, these are somewhat obsolete in the Bengal
specimen here figured; tibiae paler than femora and annulated
with ochraeeous ; first joint of antennae slightly passing the apex
of head.

Length 9 to 9| millim.

Hah. Bengal rPalamow (Lefro;/). — South Africa; Transvaal,
Zoutpansberg {Janod, Brit. Has.); Mozambique (Jide Scliaum).

This species was originally described from Mozambique and
afterwards by myself from specimens collected at Shilouvane in
the north of the Zoutpansbei'g district of the Transvaal, which
is a well-wooded area aud quite distinct from the plains of the
high Transvaalian veld.

ElPTOETUS FUSCUS. (Vol. I, p. 414.)

Since I enumerated this species {supra) Mr. Green has informed
me that it is very destructive to young shoots and pods of French
Beans {Phaseolus imlgaris). The insects were swarming on a plot
and had completely blighted the crop.

Genus AKBARATUS, nov.

Type, A.fisheri, Dist.

Distribution. Bombay.

Head longer than breadth between eyes, narrowed anteriorly,
the apex of the central lobe a little prominent ; ocelli placed
between the posterior margins of the eyes, nearer to eyes than to
each other ; antennae inserted almost midway between eyes and
apex, first joint a little longer than the second and about equal
in length to third, fourth longest ; rostrum with the basal joint
shorter than the fourth, not quite reaching the latitude of the
eyes, second and third joints of almost equal length or second
slightly longer than third, its apex reaching the anterior coxae,
fourth reaching the intermediate coxae ; prouotum as long^ as
vertex, a little narrowed anteriorly, strongly transversely im-
pressed before anterior margin which is truncate, the lateral
margins a little oblique and ridged, the posterior margin truncate
before scutellum and then obliquely sinuate on each side to pos-
terior angles where there is a small tubercle ; scutellum short,
subtriangular, somewhat raised, its apex moderately spatulate ;
corium about as long as membrane, the apical angles narrowly
produced ; membrane slightly passing abdominal apex with oblique

486 APPENDIX. — COEEID^.

slender veins ; posterior femora long, a little longer than greatest
length of corium, finely spined beneath, slightly thickening from
base to apex ; posterior tibiae straight, shorter than the femora,
■with a single row of spines beneath commencing at about one-
third from base and clothed with long spinulose hairs ; posterior
tarsi with the first joint longer than the second and third joints
taken together ; mesosternum centrally longitudinally sulcate.
Allied to the Ethiopian genus Hypselopus, Burm.

2766. Akbaratus fisheri, sp. n.

Head pale testaceous-brown, the ocelli bright testaceous, eyes
black : antennae with the first, second and third joints greyish
finel) speckled with black, fourth joint brownish-ochraeeous ;
pronotum pale ochraceous or greyish, punctate and finely granu-
lose with a pale, indistinct, central longitudinal line, the margins

Fig. 280.— AA-bcimiiisJi,skeri.

narrowly stramineous, the anterior marginal area defined by the
transverse impression pale testaceous-brown, a small nodule at
each posterior angle; scutellum ochraceous, its apex a little paler;
corium pale ochraceous, thickly coarsely punctate, the inner
apical margin with a sei-ies of small piceous spots ; membrane
pale bronzy-brown; body beneath and legs pale ochraceous, a
central longitudinal line to head beneath and the disk of meso-
notum piceous or castaneous ; posterior femora with two obscure
brownish apical annulations, the posterior tibiae brownish with a

BERYTID.E. 487

broad subbasal pale annulatiou, basal joint of posterior tarsi
stramineous.

Length 13 millim.

Hah. Bombay; Debra Duu (C. E. C. Fisher).

I also possess a specimen captured in the Straits of Bab-el-
Mandeb, Eed Sea, on board sbip at light, by Dr. Annandale.

Family BERYTID^. (Vol. T, p. 421.)

Genus METATROPIS.

Metatropis, Fieb. Wien. ent. Monats. 1859, p. 206 ; id. Europ.
Hem. p. 213 (1861) ; Saund. Hem. Horn. Brit. Islds. p. 66
(1892).

Type, M. rtifescens, HeiT.-Scbiiff., described from the Palaearctic
Kegion.

Distribution. Palaearctic and Oriental Eegions.

" Head with a transverse channel between the eyes, vertex in
front of it slightly raised ; antennse very long and delicate, first
joint clavate at the apex, the second shorter than the third, apical
joint many times longer than wide ; pronotum much raised pos-
teriorly and trituberculate ; scutellum simple, with a slightly
raised simple keel ; membrane very large ; legs very long and
delicate, femora clavate ; orifice of the odoriferous sac simple."
{Saunders.)

2767. Metatropis aurita, Bredd. Wien. ent. Zeit. xxvi, p. 94
(1907).

" Pale, rarely brownish ; antennae and legs whitish-yellow ; the
femora (only these) finely sprinkled with, black, the rather slender
thickening of the femora and first joint of the antennae as well as
base of tibiae dull sanguineous, the apices of tibiae slightly brownish,
more than terminal half of tarsi blackish ; fourth joint of antennae
(exclusive of dirty rusty-yellowish tip), the underside of the head,
sides of propectus especially the outer surfaces of the pronotal
angles, the margins of the coxal cavities, middle of pectus, longi-
tudinal central ventral line, and suffused longitudinal ventral
marginal spots piceous-black or piceous-brown, the last spot
furnished with yellow marginal spots ; a longitudinal line on each
side of lower part of head, marginal keel of pronotum, and an
invariable spot near coxal cavities pale rusty-yellowish ; coxae and
trochanters ivory-white ; back of abdomen rusty-brown. Agree-
ing in structure with M. rufescens, but in all parts more delicate ;
legs and antennae comparatively shorter, pronotum far less dis-
tinctly punctured, the pronotal angles produced into acutely

488

APPENDIX. BEETTTD.E.

angulated horns above (and slightly outwards), high, overreaching
the only moderately raised median tubei-culous elevation, hind
margin of pronotum rather broader than the abdomen, with the
tegmina at base distinctlv projecting outwards as an angular
tooth-cover (still more distinctly than in rufescens) ; tegmina
without visible piincturation, not extending beyond the apex of
the abdomen ; first joint of rostrum much shorter than head,
second scarcely passing beyond the hind margin of the throat
(l-e7il) ; first joint of antennae as long as second and third

Fig. 281. — Metatropis rufescens.

together, the latter about one and one-third times longer than
second, fourth spindle-shaped, distinctly shorter than second
(about four-fifths) ; basal joint of hind tarsi scarcely longer than
the two terminal joints together." (Breddin.)
Length 7*3 millim."

CAPtS.

480

Hab. Darjeeling {fde Breddin).

I figure the type of the genus M. rufescens because I have not
seeu a specimen which supports Bredclin's diagnosis. I have an
example from Bombay which only has the femora sprinkled with
black as described by Breddin, but in other respects seems only
to be a variety of the variable M. rufescens.

Genus CAPYS.
Capys, Sm, Hem. Afi: ii, p. 119 (18G5).

•Type, C. malacaipus, Stal,
Disiribution. Ethiopian and Oriental Regions.
" Body slender, very elongate ; head between antennae armed

Fig. 2S2.— Caj)/js malacaipus.

with a long, curved, spiniform, porrect process ; rostrum reaching
the posterior coxte, first joint almost passing the base of head ;
VOL. IV, 2e:

490 APPENDIX. — BEBYTIDiB.

antennae very long, first joint equalling in length that of the
second and third together ; pronotum much longer than hroad,
posteriorly depressed, furnished with an obtuse conical tubercle
near each lateral angle ; scutellum triangularly oblong ; meso-
sternum, metasternum, and first ventral segment sulcated; process
of the odoriferous apertures apically emarginate ; legs very long
and slender." (Stdl.)

The foUovring characters taken from Stfil's diagnosis of the
family Berytidae may be added: — Antennae of four joints, first
joint clavate at apex ; head constricted before ocelli ; eyes remote
from base of head ; femora apically clavate ; tarsi three-jointed.

2768. Capys malacaipus, StSl (Neides), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fdrh. 1855,
p. 30 ; id. (Capys) Hem. Afr. ii, p. 120 (1865).

" Palely testaceous-flavescent ; pronotum distinctly punctate ;
antennae and legs sprinkled w^ith black ; apices of the first, second
and third joints of the antennae and the apex of the cerium black ;
fourth joint of the antennae greyish-white, with almost the apical
half fuscous ; clavate apices of the femora testaceous-flavescent."
(Stdl.)

Length 7i to 9 millim.

Hab. Ceylon; Trincomalee (Green). — Natal; Durban (Bell-
Marley, Coll. Dist.). Caffraria (fide Stdl).

This is another South African species found also in Ceylon ; a
single specimen from the last locality sent me by Mr. Green
being inseparable from my Natalian specimens.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

abbreviatus (Gonocerus),

467.
Abidama, 114.
Acanthophyes, 26.
Acanthophyesai'ia, 24.
Acauthosoniatinaj, 464.
Acestra, 478.
Acocephalaria, 265.
AeocepbalidtB, 265.
Acocepbalides, 265.
Acocepbalina, 265.
AcocepbalinsB, 265.
Acocepbalini, 265.
acocephaloides (Neodar-

tus), 246.
aconophorides (Cbale-

pus), 108.
Acouura, 378.
Acropona, 300.
actuosus (Poopbiliis), 86.
aoutangulata (Tituria),

161.
addita (Tettigonia), 202.
adinota (Haidara), 475.
adustus (Idiocerus), 184.
sedificatura (Eleazara),

182.
jEschrocoris, 439.
affinis (Cosmosearta),

137, 154.
affinis (Gargara), 61.
affinis (Ptyelus), 88.
affinis (Tettigoniella),

206.
Agallia, 194.
Agalliinas, 183^
Akbaratus, 485.
albida (Tettigonia), 211.
albidicans (Tettigonia),

203.
albipennis (Acantho-

pbyes), 26.

alboapicata (Gargara),

66.
alboguttulatus (Thamno-

tettix), 395.
albomaculata (Thomso-

niella), 280.
albomaculatus (Indico-

pleustes), 25.
albomaculatus (Para-

limnus), 397.
albomaculatus (Tricen-

trus), 66.
alcmena (Tettigoniella),

219.
Aliturus, 398.
Allygus, 346.
amalthea (Tettigoniella),

212.
Amblycephalus, 227.
amentata (Busonia), 199.
aramon (Otmotus), 39.
amplicoUis (Oercopis),

amplicornis (Centro-

typus), 33.
amplificata (Mandesa),

106.
Amyotea, 456.
Anchon, 49.
anchorage (Centrotus),

33.
andainana (Cosmosear-
ta), 139.
audamanensis (Clovia),

96.
andamanensia (Mach-

jerota), 83.
Andrallus, 453.
angulatus (Drabescus),

305.
angustulus (Centrotus),

48.

annandalei (Daliiada),

433.
anodonta (Hybanda),

13.
Anomia, 409.
antennatus (Cloresmus),

471.
antennatus (Pendulinus),

474.
antilope (Centrotus), 30.
Aphrophora, 99.
Aphrophorida, 85.
Aphrophorides, 85.
Aphrophorina, 85.
ApbrophorinEe, 85.
apicalis (Nepliotettix),

360.
apicalis (Tettigonia),

202.
apicalis (Xestocephalus),

349.
apicata (Eoscarta), 117.
apicata (Gargara), 62.
ai^prosimans (Spheno-

rbina), 113.
apricus (Eutettix), 363.
Arctocoris, 423.
arcuata (Thomsoniella),

280.
argentatus (Athysanus),

o43.
arietaria (Daha), 107.
Armalillus, 432.
Arya, 338.
Aschistus, 468.
asmodeus (Centrotypus),

36.
AsopiiLT, 446.
Asopus, 442.
aspavia (Carbula), 440.
asperatus (Mesargus),

313.

2k2

492

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

assamenbis(Ceiitrotypus),

34.
assamensis (Tettigoui-

ella), 207.
assamensis (Tituria),

161.
assamensis (Tricentrus),

57.
Assiringia, 255.
assmuthi (Ohilocoris ?),

428.
astutus (Idiocerus), 189.
ater (Centrotypus), 36.
Athysanini, 343, 351,

371.
Athysanus, 343.
Atbysanusaria, 343.
atkinsoni (Athysanus),

345.
atkinsoni (Idiocerus),

186.
atkinsoni (Jassus), 331.
Atkinsoniella, 235.
atra (Penthimia), 241.
Atractaria, 474.
Atractotypus, 391.
atricapilla (Eoscarta),

117.
atricoxis (Centruchus),

20.
atricoxis (Pogou), 43.
atropunctata (Eupteryx),

416.
atrovenosa (Agallia),

195.
aureola (Signoretia), 232.
auriculatum (Pogon), 44.
aurita (Ledra), 171.
aurita (Metatropis), 487.
Aurungabada, 458.

Babaranus, 482.
badgleyi (Homoeocerus),

468.
Balala, 250.
Balbillus, 287.
Balclutha, 368.
ballista (Hypsauchenia),

10.
Balocba, 189.
Banus, 353.

basalis (Idiocerus), 185.
basiclava (Pbyiuato-

stetha), 127.
basinotata (Cosnioscar-

ta), 151.
Bathoutha, 23.
Batracbomorphus, 190.
bella (Soibanga), 237.
bellona (Tettigoniella),

212.

Berytidai, 487.
Bhandara, 221.
Bbatia, 357.
Bbooria, 256.
bboutauica (Cazira),

446.
biarcuatus (Tartessiis),

303.
bicolor (Petalocephala),

167.
bicolor (Rbinastria),

110, 111.
bicolor (Tricentrus),

55.
bifasciata (Cosmoscarta),

148.
bigoti (Clovia), 93.
bilineatus (Jassus), 332.
bimacuhita (Aphro-

phora), 101.
bimaciilatus (Delto-

cephalus), 387.
binotata (Pbymato-

stetba), 125.
bioculata (Heliona), 408.
bioeulatus (Centrotus),

47.
biplagif ta (Agallia), 196.
bipunctata (Clovia), 94.
bipunctatus (Divus), 365.
bipunctatus (Nepbo-

tettix), 359.
bipunctipennis (Ptyelus),

94,
bipunctula(Typhlocvba),

414.
birdii (Empoasca), 405.
birmanica (Pliymato-

stetba), 119.
bisignata (Aphropbora),

100.
bispecularis (Cosmo-
scarta), 147.
bituberculatus (Coiifu-

cius), 179.
bohemani (Petalo-
cephala), 162.
borealis (Eoscarta), 1 16.
bos (Leptocentrus), 28.
bos (Placosternum), 444.
brachycepliala (Aphro-
pbora). 101.
brachycephala (Petalo-
cephala), 170.
braconoides (CalUtettix).

111.
breddini (Cazira), 446.
Breddiniella, 447.
brevis (Anchon), 52.
brevis (Goniaguathus),
310.

brevissimus (Tbamuo-

tettix), 354.
brunnescens (Delto-

cephalus), 388-
brunnesceus (Kutara),

308.
bubalus (Maarbarus), 17.
Buloria, 271.
Bundera, 228,
buprestioides(Jembrana),

104.
burmanica (Aphro-
pbora), 100.
burmanicum (Craspe-

dum), 476.
Burrus, 425.
Bnsonia, 198.
Bythoscopida;, 183.
Bythoscopides, 183.
Bythoseopina, 183.
Bythoscopinse, 183.
Byfchoscopini, 183.
Bythoscopus, 190.

Callitettix, 111.
Caloscarta, 115.
cancroma (Ledropsis),

180.
cauescens (Telingana), 19.
canidia (Kolla), 226.
Cauthecona, 451.
Cantheconidea, 451.
capistrata (Telingana), 19.
capitata (Caloscarta),

115.
capra (Acanthophyes),

26.
Capys, 489.
Carbula, 440.
cardinalis (Tettigouia),
213.

carinata (Ledra), 173.

Carrabas, 421.

castanea (Cosmoscarta),
134.

castanea (Penthimia),
243.

Cazira, 446.

Cenedffius, 296.

centromaculata (Empo-
asca), 402.

Centrotida, 3.

Centrotina, 3, 9.

Centrotinas, 9.

Centrotus, 45.

Centrotusaria, 45.

Centrotypus, 33.

Cercopida, 79, 109.

Cercopidffi. 79.

Cercopides, 79.

Cercopiua, 79, 109.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

493

Cercopinte, 85, 100.
Cercopis, 128.
Cestius, 309.
ceylonica (Tetti-

goniella?), 219.
Chalepus, 107.
Chat lira, 176.
Ohiasnius, 391.
Chiasm iisaria, 390.
Chilocoris, 428.
Chloria, 401.
Chlorita, 401.
chlorocephala (Petahi-

cephala), 166.
Chloroneiira, 401.
chlorophana (Bytho-

scopus), 191.
Chrysocoris, 422.
Ohudania, 268.
Chunra, 193.
Cicadula, 366, 401.
Cicaclularia, 366.
Cicadulini, 366.
cicur (Thamnotettix),

355.
cincticeps (Nephotettix),

359.
cinctus(Maarbarus?), 17.
cingalensis (Ledra), 175.
cingalensis (Menida),

445.
circumdiicta (Phymato-

stetha), 118.
circumducta (Tomaspis),

119.
citrea (Gargara), 63.
citrina (Empoasca), 403.
clavata (Dalpada), 433.
Cletomorpha, 476.
Cloresmus, 471.
Clovia, 93.

clypealis (Idiocerus), 187.
Coccosterphus, 70.
Coccosterphusaria, 70.
Coelidia, 327.
cognata (Aphrophora),

102.
cognata (Canthecona),

452.
colax (Protophantasta),

464.
coleoptrata (Lepyronia),

97.
colombensis (Aconura),

379.
Colpura, 472.
compacta (Penthimia),

242.
complicatus (Pogonty-

pus), 67.
concolor (Ptyehis), 87.

confinis (Tettigonia), 202,

203.
Confucius, 178.
confusa (Petalocephala),

164.
congestus (Tricentnis),

54.
couica (Petalocephala),

164.
conifer (Clovia), 93.
connexa (Cercopis), 146.
Cononietopus, 418.
coiisanguineus (Sca-

phoideiis), 375.
consors (Ujna), 240.
conspicuus (Drabescus),

306.
constricta (Heliona),407.
contigua (Callitettix),

112.
convergens (Tricentrus\

53.
Coptosoma, 421.
Coreidie, 466.
Cornelia (Tettigoniella),

209.
Cornidorsi, 1.
cornutiis (Centrotus), 45.
corticea (Aphrophora),

99.
Cosmoscarta, 128.
costalis (Centrotus), 34.
costalis (Cercopis), 118.
costalis (Poophilus), 86.
costalis (Selenocephalus),

297.
Craspedum, 476.
cretatus (Jassus), 330.
crinitus (Oxyrbachis), 7.
crux (Heraiptycha), 75.
cultellifera (Petalo-
cephala), 164.
cuneata. (Tituria), 162.
cuneatus (Tricentrus), 56.
cupreum (Pogon), 43.
currax (Typblocyba),

414
curtulus (Jassus?), 356.
curvatus (Indico-

pleustes), 26.
curvispina (Telingana),

17, 18.
cuspidatus (Stachyo-

lobus), 477.
Cydninaj, 426.
Cydnus, 426.

Daha, 107.
Dalpada, 433.
dania (Leptobelus), 15.
Darthula, 77.

dealbatus (PTthaiuus),

263. ^

decipiens (Telingana), 20.
decisa (Atkinsoniella),

235, 236.
decisa (Cosmoscarta),

130.
declaratus (Ptyelus), 92.
decoloratus (Cocco-
sterphus), 71.
decora (Nirvana), 285.
decoratus (Tricentrus),

58.
deeurtata(Haranga), 2.50.
delecta (Chudania), 268.
delicatula (Ujna), 239.
delimitata (Gargara), 66.
Peltocephalini, 371.
Deltocephalus, 380.
Deltocephalusaria, 371.
Denianga, 69.
deplanatus (Jassus), 327.
depressus (Empysurus),

459, 460.
deschampsi (Phymato-

stetha), 128.
deserta (Aphrophora),

103.
Dharmma, 323.
dilatata (Ledra), 174,

175.
dimidiata (Cosmoscarta),

136.
dimidiata (Ledropsis),

168.
Diomma, 416.
dirce (Anchon), 52.
disciguttus (Eutettix),

362.
discretus (Machtero-

typus ?), 69.
disparatus (Seleno-
cephalus), 292.
dissimilis (Philagra),

109.
distinctus (Delto-
cephalus), 382.
divaricatus (Phlepsius),

346.
Divus, 365.
Dograna, 24.
dohertyi (Myittana).. 340.
dolens (Selenocephalus),

293.
dolosus (Ptyelus), 87.
Doratulina, 392.
dorsalis (Cosmoscarta),

146.
dorsalis (Deltocephalus),

380.
dor.sali3 (Ledra), 172.

494

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

dorsimacula (Cercapis),

123.
dorsimacula (Cosmo-

scarta), 147.
dorsivitta (Phymato-

stetha), 124.
Drabescus, 304.
dubitabilis (Pbyniato-

stetba), 122.
diicens (Cosmoscarta),

135.
Dulicbius, 480.
dunsirieiisis (Tetli-

goniella), 214.
duplex (Tettigonia), 202.
Dussana, 322.

Ebhul, 59.

euhinatum (Ancboii), 51.
egens (Cosmoscarta), 135.
egregius (Seleno-

cepbalus), 291.
Eleazara, 182.
electus (Macroscytus),

427.
elegans (Jassus), 329.
elegantula (Cosmo-
scarta), 136.
elegantulus (Scaph-

oideus), 375.
eloDgato-ocellatus

(Deltocephalus), 390.
eloDgatus (Goiiia-

gnathus), 311.
elongatus (Otiuotus), 41.
Empbusis, 36.
Empoa, 409.
Erapoasca, 401.
Empoascaria, 399.
Empysurus, 4.59.
ensifera (Maebterota), 80.
Eogypona, 297.
eos (Eoscarta), 11.5.
Eoscarta, 115.
ei-ebus (Deltocepbalus),

385.
erebus (Guliga), 326.
erebus (Pentbimia), 245.
erota (Typblocyba), 410.
Ertbesina, 434.
Erytbroneura, 409.
Euacantbus, 227.
Eucantbus, 227.
Eupterygina2, 399.
Eupteryx, 416.
Eusarcocoris, 439.
Eutettix, 362.
Eutbetus, 481.
Evacautbus, 227.
exbibita (Assiriugia),

255.

exigua (Tettigoniella ?)

220.
exjiansa (Petalocepbala),

160.
extremus (Euacantbus),

227.
Ezrana, 177.

facialis (Apbropbora),

103.
fairmairei (Tricentrus),

58.
fallaciosus (Paralimnus),

395.
fallax (Pseudanasida),

454, 455.
fasciata (Gargara), 72.
fasciata (Tbagria), 315.
faseiolatus (Idiocerus),

186.
ferrugata (Gargara), 62.
ferruginea (Cercopis),

142.
ferruginea (Tettigo-
niella), 202.
ferrugineiun (Pogon ?).

44.
ferrugineus (Tartessus),

303.
festiva (Tettigoniella?),

221.
festivus (Seapboideus),

372.
fictilis (Cosmoscarta),

148.
fisberi (Akbaratus), 485,

486.
flavescens (Centrotypus),

35.
flavescens (Empoasca),

405.
flavipes (Teliugaua), 20.
flavolineata (Gargara),

65.
flavolineata (Macbserota),

83.
flavolineatus (Periaman),

38.
fletcheri (Seapboideus),

377.
flexicorne (Centrotus),

29.
flexuosus (Centrotypus),

33.
flora (Cosmoscarta),

146.
floralis (Hypsauebenia).

10.
forficuloides (Proto -

pbantasta), 464.

fornicata (Ledra), 173.
fraternus (Homoeocerus),

467.
frenulatus (Ptyelus), 93.
frontalis (Tettigonia),

332.
fulguralis (Delto-
cepbalus), 380.
fulva (Cercopis), 148.
fulviceps (Cosmoscarta),

152.
fulviventris (Balala), 250,

251.
fumigata (Typblocyba),

410.
fumosa (Typblocyba),

412.
fumosus (jEscbrocoris),

439.
funcralis (Cosmoscarta),

154.
funeta (Typblocyba), 411.
furcicornis (Xipbistes), 8.
fuscata (Genus?), 76.
fuscipennis (Cosmo-

.searta), 153.
fuscipennis (Ledropsis),

166.
fusconervosus (Atbysa-

nus), 344.
fuscovenosa (Tettigoni-
ella ?), 220.
fuscus (Jassus), 332.
fuscus (Riptortus), 485.
fusiformis (Pbilagra),

108.

gagatina (Tettigoniella ?),

gardineri (Aliturus), 398.
Gargara, 60.
Gargararia, 59.
Gargaropsis, 190.
garialis (Namsangia),

259.
gazella (Leptobelus), 16.
gazella (Leptocentrus),

28.
gemina (Tettigonia), 202.
genistie (Gargara), 60.
Geotomus, 427.
Gessius, 301.
gibbosa (Hypsauebenia),

12.
gibbosulus (Tricentrus),

53.
glauca (Petalocepbala),

165.
Glaucias, 444.
Qlossocratus, 273.
Gnatbodus, 368,

Goniagnathus, 310.
grauulatus (Centrotus),

4r).
granulatus (Confucius),

178.
granulosus (Balbillus),

•287, 288.
Graphosomatinse, 424.
gratiosa (Preta), 234.
greeni (Cosmoscarta),

140.
greeni (Nirvana), 283.
greeni (Signoretia), 233.
greeni (Tambila), 247.
greeni (Thamnotettix),

354.
greeni (Yasa), 74.
gregalis (KoUa), 22G.
griseolus (Oncinoproc-

tus), 437, 438.
griseus (Picromerus), 453.
Guliga, 326.
Gurawa, 262.
guttatus (Xestocephalus),

349.
guttifer (Ptyelus), 88.
guttigera (Machterota),

81.
Gyponidae, 240.
Gyponina, 240.
Gyponinse, 240.
gvponinoides (Buloria),
'271.

habilis (Tettigoniella),

218.
Haidara, 474.
Haranga, 248.
hardwicki (Darthula), 77,

78.
hardwicki (Hypsau-

chenia), 10.
hardwickii (Hypsau-

chenia), 11.
bastata (Philagra), 107.
Hatigoria. 258.
hearsayi (Petalocephala),

163.
Heealus, 273.
Hecalusaria, 273.
helena (Tettigoniella),

210.
Heliona, 407.
beroina (Cosmoscarta),

129.
heros (Cosmoscarta), 128.
hilaris (Phymatostetha),

119.
himalayensis (Monoba-

zus), 351, 352.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

Hippota, 437.
Hippotiseus, 4.37.
birsutus (Ptyelua), 89.
HoHia, 400.
Honiopocerus, 466.
Hoiuoptera, ].
Iloplistodera, 442.
liornei (Petalocephala),

166.
horuei (Placidus), 341,

342.
liorrida (Maguva), 14.
horvathi (Cenedieus),

296.
horvathi (Pogoutypus),

67.
hunieralis (Canthecona),

452.
bumeralis (Cercopis),

124.
bumeralis (Clovia), 97.
hyalinipennis (Cosmo-
scarta), 155.
Hybanda, 13.
Hylica, 252.
Hylicaria, 252.
Hypsauchenia, 10.
Hypsaucheniaria, 10.

icteriea (Phymatostetha),

124.
Idiocerus, 184.
igniceps (Tettigonia),

224.
illaborata (Kana), 287.
ilium inata (Eoscarta),

117.
illustris (Tettigoniella),

204.
imitator (Leptoceutrus),

18.
imitator (Telingana), 21.
immaculata (Tettigonia),

202.
immistus (Scaphoideus),

371.
immutatus (Ptyelus), 87.
imprimis (Sounama),

105, 106.
Incitatus, 4,^i3.
inclusa (Cosmoscarta),

140.
inconspicua (Cosmo-
scarta), 139.
inconspicuus (Ptyelus),

90.
iucultus (Machserotypus),

68.
incurvatum (Pogon), 42.
indica (Macropsis), 199.

495

indicans (Batboutha), 23.
indicatus (Bytboscopus),

297.
indicatus (Centrotus), 46.
Indicopleustes, 25.
iudicus (Arctocoris), 423.
iudicus (Athysanus), 344.
indieus (Jassus), 327.
indicus (Scaphoideus).

374.
indiga (Tettigoniella),

217.
indistincta (Tettigoni-
ella), 203.
indra (Typhlocyba), 415.
inermis (Oxyrhacbidia),

8.
infecta (Tettigoniella),

210.
inllrmus (Deltocephalus),

386.
inflamraata (Tettigoni-
ella), 215.
insecata (Eupteryx), 417.
insignis (Breddiniella),

447, 448.
insignis (Homa), 400.
insignis (Kolla), 223.
insignis (Leptocentrus),

32.
insignis (Petalocephala),

167.
insignis (Phymatostetha),

115.
inspiratus (Motschul-

skia), 419.
instructivus (Urostylis),

463.
intermedia (Ledra), 172.
intermedia (Spbeno-

rbina), 112.
intermedins (Deltocepha-
lus), 388.
interruptns (Euacan-

thus), 227.
intricatus (Phlepsius),

346.
introduota (Mukwana),

317.
intrusa (Balclutha), 370,
iocasta (Tettigoniella),

213.
iris (Chrysocoris), 422.
irvinei (Kanada), 74, 75.

jactans (Tettigonia), 327.
jaina (Typhlocyba), 413.
jakowlefi (Aconura), 378.
japonensis (Paras-
tracbia), 442.

496

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

Jassaria, 265.
Jassida, 157.
Jassidas, 157-
Jassides, 157, 265.
Jassina, 265.
Jassinse, 265.
Jassoidea, 1.57.
Jassus, 327.
•Jassusaria, 321.
javana (Cantheconidea),

452.
javanicus (Homoeocerus),

467.
Jembrana, 104.
jocosa (Doratiilina), 392,

393.
johni (Empysurus), 460.
juno (Pentliimia), 245.

Kalasha, 254.

kalidasa (Tetigonia), 280.

Kana, 285.

Kanada, 74.

kandyiana (Parapogon),

22.
kangrensis (Gypona ?),

264.
karenensis (Jassus), 337.
karenia (Phymatostetlia),

126.
Kartwa, 394.
kinbewi (Tettigonia),

224.
kirbyi (Eogypona), 169,

298.
kirbyi (Ledropsis), 169.
kirsehbaumii (Hecalus),

278.
Kolla, 223.
kotagiriensis (Tettigoiii-

ella), 205.
Krisua, 297.
Kunasia, 339.
Kutara, 308.
Kybos, 401.

Iffitisigna (Drabescus),

307.
Isetus (Deltocephalus),

383.
IsEvis (Balclutlia), 371.
lanio (Bythoscopus), 190.
larinia (Tomaspis), 127.
lateralis (Paralinmus),

395.
lateralis (Sciocoris), 4.36.
laticeps (Uzelina), 266,

267.
latifrons (Jassus), 193.

latlfrous (Petalocepbala),

166.
latissima (Cercopis), 155.
latruncularius (Jassus?),

356.
Ledra, 171.
Ledridse, 158.
Ledrina, 158.
Ledrinse, 1.58.
Ledromorpba, 171.
Ledropsis, 162, 180.
lefroyi (Hecalus), 275.
leonina (Cosmoscarta),

153.
leopardina (Tettigoni-

ella), 204.
Leptobelus, 15.
Leptocentraria, 27.
Leptocentrus, -28.
Lepyronia, 97.
leueaspis (Leptocentrus),

30.
lignicola (Oxyrhachis),

40.
limbaticeps (Drabescus),

307.
linealis (Nirvana), 282.
lineata (Balclutha), 369.
lineata (Ledra), 176.
lineaticollis (Clovia), 95.
lineaticollis (Paramesus),

294.
lineatus (Kolla), 224.
lineatus (Tbamnotettix),

354.
lineolatus (Platynieto-

pius), 278.
lituriferum (Eurydema),

442.
longa (Tettigonia), 202.
longispiua (Podops), 424.
longispinus (Leptocen-

triis), 31.
longitudinal is (Nirvana),

283.
lurida (Cosmoscarta),

153.
luridus (Eutettix), 362.
luridus (Jassus), 331.
lydia (l?bymatostetba),

127.

Maarbarus, 16.
niacgillivrayi (Oosnio-

scarta), 132.
Maehasropsis, 84.
Macbserota, 80.
Maebgerotida, 79.
Macbserotina, 79.

Macbserotinffi, 79.
Machserotypus, 68.
macilentus (Stacbyolo-

bus), 477.
Macropsis, 190.
Macroscytus, 427.
Macrosteles, 366.
maculata (Atkinsoniella),

236,
maculata (Ledropsis),

181.
maculifrons (Typblo-

cyba), 413.
maculosa (Penthimia),

244.
Maerops, 60.
Maguva, 14.
Maiuda, 229.
majuscula (Gargara), 61.
majusculus (Ptyelus),

90.
malacaipus (Oapys), 489,

490.
malaya (Signoretia), 232.
malayana (Acestra), 480.
malayus (Bytboscopus),

303.
maldivensis (Jassus),

328.
malleus (Emphusis), 37.
Mandesa, 106.
margberitse (Clovia), 95,
margberitaj (Cosmo-
scarta), 134.
margberitae (Miieewa),

238.
marginatus (Platyretus),

289.
marpessa (Tettigoniella),

215.
masoni (Cosmoscarta),

156.
maurus (Carrabas), 422.
Megabyzus, 294.
megamera (Cosmoscarta),

152.
melania (Dalpada), 434.
melanocepbala (Pen-

tbimia), 241.
melanocbra (Oallitettix),

111.
melichari (Empoasca),

403.
melicbari (Eupteryx),

416.
melichari (Tettigoniella),

205.
Membracida, 1, 3.
Membracidas, 1.
Membracides, 1.

ALPHABETICAL INBEX.

497

Membracina, 1.
Membracinae, ,'3.
membranaccus (Stat-

aniis), 430, 431.
raenaca (Oosmoscarta),

149.
MenedemuB, 436.
Menida, 444.
mephistopheles (Lepto-

centrus), 31.
inerguiensis (Coptosoiiia),

42J.
Mesargus, 313.
Mesolea, 456.
luetalliea (Cosmoscarta),

131.
Metatropis, 487.
Micreunaria, 14.
Mileewa, 238.
mimica (Kolla), 225.
luiniata (Empoasca),

403.
minor (Cosmoscarta),

133.
minutus (Coccosterphus),

70, 71.
mixta (Gargai-a), 65.
modestus (Eusarcocoris),

439.
modulata (Bhooria), 256.
Mohunia, 272.
Monobazus, 351.
montana (Oosmoscarta),

130.
montana (Jembrana),

105.
montanus (Delto-

cephalus), 384.
Moonia, 197.
moorei (Aphrophora),

102.
moorei (Oosmoscarta),

152.
morosus (Scaphoideiis),

373.
Motsehulskia, 418.
mucronicollis (Ooccoster-

phiis), 73.
Mukaria, 269.
Mukariaria, 269.
Mukwana, 317.
mumba (Cydnus), 426.
muudus (Notobitus),

470.
mungphuensis (Kolla),

225.
Mussafira, 459.
mustelina (Kartwa),

394.
inutata (Tettigoniella),
218.

mutica (Ledra), 173.
myittse (Gargara), 64.
Myittana, 340.

iiagaensis (Parastrachia),

443.
nagasana (Cosmoscarta),

130.
naiteara (Cosmoscarta).

142.
Namsangia, 259.
nancya; (Aphrophora),

101.
nangla (Phymatostetha),

120.
nanus (Athysanus), 345.
Narnia, 80.

nasuta (Traiguma), 261.
natalensis (Ptyelus), 87.
nativa (Kalasha), 254.
nebulosus (Ptyelus), 88.
nectaris (Centrotus), 6.
Neodartus, 246.
nepalensis (Aschistus),

468.
nepalensis (Schizops),

462.
Nephotettix, 359.
nervosopunctatus (Dra-

bescus), 304.
nervosus (Goniagnathus),

312.
nervosus (HecaUis ?),

277.
nervosus (Jassus), 327.
nervosus (Paramesus),

293.
neuter (Polocentrus), 4.
nigella (Chatura), 176.
nigra (Cosmoscarta),

155.
nigrilinea (Petalo-

cephala), 168.
nigripennis (Cercopis),

152.
nigrobimaculata (Typhlo-

cyba), 412.
nigroclypeatus (Idio-

cerus), 187.
nigrofasciata (Cosmos-
carta), 141.
nigrofasciatus(Mirperus),

484.
nigromaculatus (Pedio-

psis), 360.
nigropieta (Nephotettix),

360.
nigropieta (Tliamno-

tettix), 360.
Nilautama, 32.

nilgiriensis (Eoscarta),

117.
Nirvana, 281.
niveosparsus (Idiocerus),

185.
nivosa (Kunasia), 339.
nocturnus (Jassus), 332.
uodicoriiis (Anchon), 49.
notauda (Sudra), 257.
notata (Empoasca), 404.
notatus (Scaphoideus),

377.
Notobitus, 470.
Nudiscuti, 9.
nycteis (Cosmoscarta),

141.

obesus (Centrotypus),

37.
obesus (Emphusis), 36.
oblatus (Banus), 353.
obligens (Ledropsis),

180.
obliquus (Centrotus), 29.
obscura (Tettigonia),

202.
obscurus (Coccoster-
phus), 73.
obsoletus (Selenocepha-

lus), 290.
obtusus (Picromerus),

453.
ocellatus (Confucius),

178.
ochracea (Eupteryx),

418.
octopunctata (Cosmo-
scarta), 149.
olivacea (Bhatia), 357.
Oncinoproctus, 437.
oneratus (Deltocephalus),

383.
oneratus (Otinotus), 40.
opacus (Geotomus), 427.
opponens (Kolla), 226.
opulentus (Jassus), 336.
orbata (Typhlocyba),

409.
ordinata (Kana), 287.
orientalis (Haranga),

248, 249.
ornata (Jembrana),

105.
ornatula (Canthecona),

451.
ornatidus (Babaranus),

482.
ornatus (Scaphoideus),

373.
ortus (Centrotypus), 36.

498

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

Otinotus, 39.
Ouranortbus, 3.
Oxyrhachidia, 8.
Oxyrhachis, 3.
Oxyrhacbisaria, 3.

Pachyopsis, 190.
pagamirus (Xestocepba-

lus), 350.
pallescens (Otinotus), 41.
pallescens (Pisacha),

231.
pallida (Cosmoscarta),

142.
pallida (Nirvana), 284.
palliduB (Ptyelus), 92.
l^allipes (Otinotus), 40.
pallipes (Telingana), 22.
palus (Oxyrbachis), 6.
paradoxa (Hylica), 252,

253.
Paralimnusaria, 395.
Paralimnus, 395.
Parallygus, 34G.
Paramesus, 293.
Paranevisauus, 435.
Parapogon, 22.
Parastracbia, 442.
pardalinus (Xesto-

cephalus), 350.
paria (Telingana), 18.
parvus (Notobitus), 470.
paulula (Tettigonia), 224.
jjauperculus (Jassus),

332.
pavo (Tettigoniella), 208.
paykulli (Hecalus), 273,

27H.
pectitus (Jassus), 329.
pedestris (Mesolea), 456,

457.
pedestris (Tbagria), 31G.
Pendulinus, 473.
Pentatomidie, 420.
Pentatoniiuae, 432.
Pentbimia, 241.
Pentbimiaria, 240,
PentbimiiniE, 240.
penthiniioides (Mukaria),

269, 270.
percultus (Jassus). 337.
perductalis (Petaloce-

pbala), 168.
Periaman, 37.
perspicillaris (Pbymato-

stetha), 118.
perstrigata (Clovia), 95.
Petalocepbala, 162.
petasata (Empoasca),

406.

Philagra, 107.

Pbilsenus, 87.
Pblepsius, 346.
pbycitis (Eutettix), 363.
Pbyllocepbalina;, 462.
Pbymatostetba, 118.
piceatus (Bytboscopus),

191.
piceola (Gargara), 60.
Picromerus, 453.
picta (Eupteryx), 416.
picta (Lepyronia), 98.
pictilis (Cosmoscarta),

133.
pilosum (Ancbon), 49.
pilosus (Platybelus), 51.
Pisacba, 230.
Placidus, 341.
Placosternum, 444.
plana (Cercopis), 153.
plana (Ledra), 174.
planata (Tituria), 159,

160.
planitiffi (Macbjerota),S4.
Plataspidinte, 421.
Platybelus, 49.
Platyretus, 289.
Plexippus, 437.
plotina (Agallia), 194.
plumbeus (Pblepsius),

347.
Podops, 434.
Pogou, 42.
Pogontypus, 67.
Polocentrus, 3.
polymitus (Scapboideus),

376.
Poopbilus, 86.
porrecta (Tbouisoniella),

277, 278, 279.
porrectus (Eusarcoeoris),

440.
porticus (Deltocepbalus).

386.
pra;culta (Mainda), 229,

230.
prsefrantus (Ptyelus), 89.
prffiiens (Hatigoria), 258.
prretextus (Jassus), 338.
prasina (Acropona), 300.
Preta, 234.

prima (Sabina), 324, 325.
primitiva (Pisacba), 230,

231.
primus (Incitatus), 453,

454.
priuceps (Thoodzata), 98,

99.
Proconiida, 200.
producta (Abidama), 114.
producta (Haidara), 474.

pi'oducta (Ledropsis ?),

181.
projecta (Dbarmma), 323,

324.
projectus (Tricentrus),

55.
proletarius (Tenosius),

484.
pronotalis (Cosmoscarta).

151.
Protophantasta, 464.
proxima (Callitettix),

112.
Pseudanasida, 454.
ijseudommatos (Nii'vana),

281, 282.
Ptyelina?, 85.
Ptyelus, 87.
pudens (Pbymatostetba),

126.
pudica (Pbymatostetba),

121.
Pugla, 318.

pulebellus (Jassus), 333.
puliearis (Deltocepba-
lus), 380.
pulicarius (Xestocepba-

lus), 348.
pulvereus (Bytboscopus),

192.
pulviseulus (Deltocepba-
lus), 381. _
puncta (Clovia), 94.
punctata (Balclutba),

368.
punctata (Ledra), 176.
puncticeps (Agallia), 194.
puncticosta (Cbunra),

193.
punctifer(Goniagnatbus),

311.
punctifera (Ledra), 164.
punctulata (Ledra), 175.
punctulata (Macbserota),

83.
punctulatus (Scapboi-
deus), 378.
pundaluoytE (Menida),

444.
pupula (Tettigoniella),

putamara (Cosmoscarta),

144.
pygmsea (Ezrana), 177.
pygniKa (Hypsaucbenia),

10.
pyropinus (Periaman),

38.
Pytbamus, 263.
pythonis (Tettigoniella),

207.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

499

quadridens (Ptyelus), 88.
quadrilineata (Tetti-

goniella), 215.
quadriinaciilata (Cer-

copis), 147.
quadrinotata (Agallia),

197.
quan-enda (Dussana), 322.
qiiercus (Typhlocyba),

409.
quinquepunetatiis (Tdio-

cerus). 18G.

raja (Cosmoscarta), 143.
ramificata (Kana), 28f>.
ramosa (Cercopis), 14G.
ramosus (Centrotus), 47.
Eanatrffi, 79.
rectanguiatiuu (Anchon),

51.
recurva (Hoplistodera),

442.
rediicta (Tettigonia),

202.
relata (Cosmoscarta),

143.
relatus (Houioeocerus),

4()fi.
remota (Petalocephala),

170.
remotus (Drabescus),

304.
rengma (Pbymato-

stetba), 120.
I'f'pexus (Euacanthus),

228.
reponens (Leptocentrus),

30.
Ehiuastria, 110.
Rhinaulacinte, 109.
rivulata (Gargara), 64.
robertsi (Erthesina), 434.
I'obusta (Gargara), 61.
roepstorffi (Clovia), 97.
roratus (Jassus), 334.
rostratus (Pendullnus),

473.
rotundata (Cosmoscarta),

144.
rotundatus (Ptyelus), 87.
rubrofasciata (Varta),

320, 321.
inibrofrontalis (Bythos-

copus), 192.
rubroliueata (Arya),

339.
rubrolineata (Thom-

soniella), 279.
rubromaculata (Tetti-
gonia), 205.

rubromaculata (Tetti-

goniella), 213.
rubrostriata (Balclutba),

370.
rudis (Oxyrhacbis), 5.
rufa (Empoasca), 402.
rulescens (Metatropis),

487, 488.
rufescens (Otiuotus), 40.
ruf'olineatus (Deltoce-

pbalus), 380.
rufopunctatus (Neodar-

tus), 247.
rufula (Abidama), 114.
rufus (Poloceutrus), 4.
rugosa (Ledra), 175.
rupicapra (Membracis),

118.
russus (Scaphoideus),

377.
rutatus (Jassus), 335.

Sabima, 324.

samudra (Cosmoscarta),

141.
aancita (Moonia), 197,

198.
sandaracata (Tettigoni-

ella), 217.
sanguiflua (Tettigonia),

222,
Sastragala, 465.
Scaphoideus, 371.
.scapularis (Penthimia),

244.
Scarida, 1.58.
Scarides, 240.
Schizops, 462.
Sciocoris, 436.
scobinse (Podops), 424.
scriptus (Deltocephalus),

389.
scutellaris (Haranga),

249.
scutellata (Ledi-a), 174.
scutellatus (Idiocerus),

187,
scutellatus (Neodartus),

246.
Scutellerince, 422.
securis (Centrotypus),

34.
Selenocephalaria, 290.
Selenocephalus, 290.
selenus (Tricentrus), 57.
sellata (Tbamnotettix),

362.
sellatus (Machserotypus),

68.
sema (Phymatostetlia),

123.

.semiatra (Scaphula), 76.
semicircularis (Tetti-

goniella), 209.
semiclara (Bbandara),

221 222.
semirosea (Eoscarta),

116.
septempunctata (Cos-
moscarta), 148.
sericea (Gargara), 63.
serrulata (Ledra), 171.
sexmaculatus (Callidea),

422.
sexvittatus (Ptyelus), 91.
sherwilli (Krisna), 299.
shillongana (Cosmo-
scarta), 1.33.
siamensis (Cosmoscarta),

151.
sigillaris (Pugla), 318,

319.
sigillifera (Aphrophora),

103.
signandus (Megabyzus),

295.
signata (Clovia), 96.
signata (Thagria), 315.
signifera (Phymato-

stetha), 121.
Signoretia, 232.
siljbimensis (Gargara),

64.
sikhimensis (Tetti-

goniella), 217.
sikkimensis (Cosmo-
scarta), 119.
silvestris (Jassus), 331.
similis (Cloresmus), 471.
simulans (Ptyelus), 93.
siinulata (Soortana),

319.
sinensis (Urostylis), 463.
.singalensis (Euthetus),

481.
singularis (Aurunga-

bada), 458, 459.
sinica (Acestra), 478,

479.
Siva, 297.
smaragdina (Sastragala),

465.
smaragdinus (Eutettix),

364.
Soibanga, 236.
solenopsides (Chilo-

coris?), 429.
solitaris (Aconura), 379.
sooknana (Demanga),

69.
Soortana, 319.
Sounama, 105.

500

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

spangbergi (Machserota),

82.
sijectra (Tettigoniella),

211,
spicatus (Burris), 425.
splendens (Mohunia),

272.
splendida (Mukaria),

270.
spuniarius (Ptyelus),

87.
spurcatus (Goniagna-

thns), 311.
Stachyolobus, 477.
Stachyoinia, 441.
stall (Ledropsis), 164.
stall (Pbjmatostetha),

119.
Statanus, 430.
stellata (Phymatostetba),

123.
stelllfera (Sablna), 325.
steneosaura (Vangama),

260.
Steuocotinae, 158.
Stragania, 190.
stramlneus (Acocepha-

lus), 297.
stramlneus (Drabescus),

306.
striata (Krisna), 298.
strlgicollls (Krisna),

297.
subaugulatus (Trlcent-

rus), 55.
subaquila (Petalo-

cephala), 163.
subfasciatus (Ptyelns) 91.
subfusca (Hypsauchenia),

11.
subgenerlcus (Parane-

visanus), 435.
subjecta (Oxyrhachls), 5.
biiblata (Ledra), 173.
subniger (Pentbiniia),

243.
subopacus (Idiocerus),

188.
subrufa (Zygina) (Typh-

locyba), 413.
substitutiis (Leptocent-

rus), 29.
subvirescens (Tetti-

gonlella), 212.
Sudra, 257.
sudra (Typhlocyba),

412.
suffulta (Dograna),

24.
sulcatus (Ascbistus),

469.

sulcatus (Hecalus), 274.
sulcatus (Ptyelus), 90.
sulpburata (Tettigo-

niella), 216.
sulphureus (Jassus), 335.
sultanina (Cbrysocoris),

422.
suturalis (Nirvana), 284.

tabulata (Petalocepbala),

169.
Talolpa, 53.
Tanibila, 247.
tanna (Cydnus), 427.
taprobanensis (Cosnio-

scarta), 138.
tarandus (Oxyrbachls), 4.
Tartessus, 302.
Tartessusaria, 301.
taurus (Centrotus), 30.
taurua (Leptocentrus),

28.
Telingana, 17.
tenasgerimensis (Jassus),

330.
tennantl (Cosmoscarta),

145.
Tenosius, 483.
terebrans (Colpura),

472.
terminalis (Centrotus),

28.
Tessaratominse, 456.
testaceus (Bytboscopus).

297.
Tetigonla, 201.
Tetlgoniidse, 200.
Tettigonia, 201.
Tettigonidae, 200.
Tettigonides, 200.
Tettigonlella, 201.
Tettigoniellidaj, 200,
Tettigoniellinas, 200.
Tettigonilda;, 157, 200.
Tettigonlina, 200.
Tettigoninse, 200.
Tettigonini, 200.
Tbagria, 315.
Thagriaria, 314.
thamada (Stacbyomia),

441.
Tbamnotettix, 354.
Thamnotettixaria, 351.
Tbamnus, 366.
thompsoni (Uulichius),

480.
Tbomsonia, 277.
Thomsoniella, 277.
Tboodzata, 98.
thoraeica (Cosmoscarta),
138.

thoraeica (Kana), 285.

thoraclcus (Deltocepba-
Iub), 385.

Tiarocoris, 421.

tlnctoria (Taloipa), 58.

Tituria, 159.

tomentosa (Oercopis),
123.

Traiguma, 261.

transliicidus (Chiasmus),
391.

transparipennis (Delto-
cephalus ?), 389.

transversus (Centrotus),
48.

Tricentrus, 53.

Trichoscarta, 128.

tricolor (Balocha), 189.

tricolor (Cosmoscarta),
150,

tricornis (Membracis),
28.

trigona (Cosmoscarta),
131.

trimacula (Cosmoscarta),
149.

trinotata (Gargara), 63.

tripunctata (Cosmo-
scarta), 137.

tripunctula (Typhlo-
cyba), 415.

triseriata (Phymato-
stetba), 125.

tuberculatus (Coccoster-
phus), 72.

tumida (Gargara), 62.

Typhlocyba, 409. 416.

Typhlocyba, 399.

Typhlocybaria, 408.

Typhlocybid.-e, 399.

Typhlocybides, 399.

Typhlocybina, 399.

Typhlocybinae, 399.

Typhlocybini, 399.

typica (Nilautania), 32.

Ujna, 239.
ulniforme (Anchon),

50.
umballaensis (Hecalus),

274.
umbratus (Paralimnus?),

397.
umbrosa (Petalocepbala),

165.
uncatus (Oxyrhachis), 6.
uncinata (Hypsauchenia),

12.
undata (Cercopis), 136.
unicolor (Xiphistes), 9.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX,

601

unifascia (Tartessus),

303.
uniformis (Goniagiia-

thus), 312.
uniforniis (Petalo-

cephala), 165.
unilineatus (Tartessus),

303.
uniuiaculata (Kolla),224.
unituaculatiis (Idiocerus),

188.
Urophora, 77.
Urostylinai, 462.
Urostylis, 462.
ustus (Leptocentrus),

32.
uzelii (Cbiasmus), 391.
Uzelina, 266.

vaga (Cicadula), 367.
valida (Macba5ropsis),

84.
Vangama, 260.
variata (Cicadula), 366.
variegata (Gargara), 65.
variegatus (Deltocepba-

lus ?), 390.

varius (Ebhul), 59.
Varta, 320.
venata (Buudera), 228.
verrucosus (Armatillus,)

432.
versicolor (Callitettix),

113.
versicolor (Cestius), 309,

310.
verticalis (Gessius), 301,

302.
vesta (Kolla), 224.
vexillum (Gurawa), 262,

263.
vicarius (Centrotus), 28.
virescens (Selenocepba-

lus), 291.
viridans (Cosmoscarta),

155.
viridicans (Hindola),

109.
viridescens (Empoasca).

401.
viridis (Balclutha). 370.
viridis (Tettigoniella),

201,
viridis (Tbomsoniella),

280.

vittatus (Menedeuius),

436.
voMieris (Kleidos), 76.
vulnerabilis (Stacbyo-

niia), 441.

walkeri (Acropona), 300.
walkeri (Oletomorpha),

476.
walkeri (Eogypona), 170,

300.
walkeri (Petalocephala),

170.
wellawayte (Menida),

445.

Xestocepbalus, 348.
Xipbistes, 8.

Yasa, 74.

zonaria (Cosmoscarta),
137.

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